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2. Partaking of the same nature.

And mix with our connatural dust. Milton.

Con*nat`u*ral"i*ty (?), n. Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [R.]

A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale.

Con*nat"u*ral*ize (?; 135), v. t. To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

Con*nat"u*ral*ly, adv. By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale.

Con*nat"u*ral*ness, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton.

Con*na"ture (?; 135), n. 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.

Con*nect" (k&obreve;n*n&ebreve;kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting>.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.] 1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all. Pope.

A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.

2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.

Con*nect" (?), v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.

Con*nect"ed*ly, adv. In a connected manner.

Con*nec"tion (?), n. [Cf. Connexion.] 1. 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 inseparable connection between virtue and happiness. Atterbury.

2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.

Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. I. Taylor.

3. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.

4. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.

Men elevated by powerful connection. Motley.

At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay.

Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay.

In this connection, in connection with this subject. [A phrase objected to by some writers.]

&fist; This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc.