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See Con, to direct a ship.

The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson.

Born together; produced at the same time. Craig.

Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." South. A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.…

Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.

Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural. These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange.

Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [R.] A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale.

To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale.

Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton.

Participation in a common nature or character. [R.] Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness. H. Spencer.

to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between. He fills, he bounds, connect and equals all. Pope. A man must the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.

In a connected manner.

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship. He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.

In connjunction; jointly.

One who, or that which, connects; as:

A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.

To connect. Sir M. Hale.