Connatural

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

  Connatural \Con*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. con- + natural.]
     1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent;
        natural.
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              These affections are connatural to us. --L'Estrange.


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     2. Partaking of the same nature.
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              And mix with our connatural dust.     --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]