connascent

English

Etymology

con- + nascent

Adjective

connascent (not comparable)

  1. Born together; produced at the same time.
    • 1801, Thomas Taylor, The Metaphysics of Aristotle:
      But things are said to be rising into being, which receive increase through another thing by contact, or being connascent with it; as embryos

References

connascent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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