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Definition of: enate
(ē′nāt, i·nāt′) adjective
1. Growing out.
2. Related on the mother's side: distinguished from agnate.
—noun A relative on the mother's side. [<L enatus, pp. of enasci <ex- out + nasci be born]
—e·nat·ic (i·nat′ik) adjective
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