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Connascence
Pronunciation : Con*nas"cence, Con*nas"cen*cy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p.pr. of nasci to be born.]
Definition : 1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson.
2. That which is born or produced with another.
3. The act of growing together. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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