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Webster 1828 Edition


Congenital

CONGENITE

, CONGENITAL,
Adj.
[L., born, to beget, 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.
Native or congenital varieties of animals.

Definition 2024


congenital

congenital

See also: congénital

English

Adjective

congenital (not comparable)

  1. (of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.

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