existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn

a connate sense of right and wrong.

associated in birth or origin.

allied or agreeing in nature; cognate.

Anatomy . firmly united; fused.

Botany . congenitally joined, as leaves.

Geology . trapped in sediment at the time the sediment was deposited

connate water.

adjective

agnate , akin , allied , cognate , connatural , consanguine , consanguineous , kindred