| Back | connate /KON-ayt, ko-NAYT/ |
|---|---|
| Front | adjective 1. Congenial. 2. Congenital. [From Latin connasci (to be born with), from com- (with) nasci (to be born). Earliest documented use: 1641.] “In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets and villages.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nature; 1836. “Zyuganov had a connate sense of how to convince subjects.” - Jason Matthews; Red Sparrow; Simon & Schuster; 2013. |
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