connatural

English

Etymology

con- +‎ natural

Adjective

connatural (comparative more connatural, superlative most connatural)

1. Similar in nature.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     And mix with our connatural dust

   • 1917, American Academy of Astrologians, Year Book, page 162:

     These inflowing potential essences are connatural with the astral conduits thus provided for their actualization, pursuant to a law of attrition and homogeneity.

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2. (obsolete) Inborn; inherent; natural.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:innate

   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, “Touching the Excellency of the Humane Nature in General”, in The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC, section I, page 63:

     It is true, that it is vvith the connatural Principles inſcribed in our Minds as it is vvith our Faculties, they lye more torpid, and inactive, and inevident, unleſs they are avvakened and exerciſed, like a ſpark involved in aſhes; […]

   • 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

     These Affections are in truth Connatural to us.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “connatural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cannulator

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konnatuˈɾal/ [kõn.na.t̪uˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧na‧tu‧ral

Adjective

connatural m or f (masculine and feminine plural connaturales)

1. connatural

Further reading

• “connatural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014