connation
(kəˈneɪʃən)
[f. L. connāt-us connate: see -ation; cf. separate, separation, etc.]
† 1. ‘Connection by birth; natural union’ (Webster 1864). Obs.—0
| 1846 in Worcester (who cites More.) |
2. Connate condition; congenital union of parts normally distinct: see connate 4.
| 1854 Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 58/2 The connation of the pre-frontals and lachrymals. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 307 By the connation, the coalescence, the abortion, or..modification of their primitive elements. |