Connascence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Connascence \Con*nas"cence\, Connascency \Con*nas"cen*cy\, n.
     [L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to
     be born.]
     1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome;
        production of two or more together. --Johnson.
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     2. That which is born or produced with another.
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     3. The act of growing together. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
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