Hypertext Webster Gateway: "connatural"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Connatural \Con*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. con- + natural.]
1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent;
natural.
These affections are connatural to us. --L'Estrange.
2. Partaking of the same nature.
And mix with our connatural dust. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
connatural
adj 1: similar in nature; "and mix with our connatural dust"- John
Milton
2: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of
the good" [syn: {inborn}, {inbred}, {native}]
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