Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness.
H. Spencer.
Con*nect" (k&obreve;n*n&ebreve;kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting>.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.] 1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
Pope.
A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism.
Locke.
2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
Con*nect" (?), v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.
Con*nect"ed*ly, adv. In a connected manner.
Con*nec"tion (?), n. [Cf. Connexion.] 1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect.
Whewell.
The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness.
Atterbury.