Part 2287

<h1>Connate-perfoliate</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Connation</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Connection by birth; natural union.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Connatural</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nat"u*ral</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a. </tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>natural</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.</def>

<blockquote>These affections are <b>connatural</b> to us. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Partaking of the same nature.</def>

<blockquote>And mix with our <b>connatural</b> dust. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Connaturality</h1> <Xpage=304>

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

<blockquote>A congruity and <b>connaturality</b> between them. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Connaturalize</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nat"u*ral*ize</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. J. Scott.</i>

<h1>Connaturally</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nat"u*ral*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By the act of nature; originally; from birth.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Connaturalness</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nat"u*ral*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Participation of the same nature; natural union.</def>

<i>I. Walton.</i>

<h1>Connature</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*na"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Participation in a common nature or character.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Connature</b> was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Connect</h1> <Xpage=304>

<hw>Con*nect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Connected</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Connecting</er>>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>connectere</ets>, <ets>-nexum</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>nectere</ets> to bind. See <er>Annex</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>He fills, he bounds, <b>connect</b> and equals all. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>