Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-GEN'ITE, or CON-GEN'I-TAL
CON-GEN'ITE, or CON-GEN'I-TAL, a. [L. congenitus; con and genitus, born, from gigno, to beget, gignor, to be born.]
Of the same birth; born with another; connate; begotten together. Many conclusions of moral and intellectual truths seem to be congenite with us. – Hale. Native or congenital varieties of animals. – Lawrence.
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