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Innate

//ɪˈneɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Inborn; existing or having existed since birth. not-comparable

    "Ironically, given France's innate reluctance to permit competition at home, the first breach in Renfe's monopoly came from SNCF offshoot Ouigo España in 2021."

  2. 2
    Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience. not-comparable

    "innate ideas"

  3. 3
    Instinctive; coming from instinct. not-comparable

    "Perhaps, from an innate desire of justification, sorrow always exaggerates itself."

  4. 4
    Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament. not-comparable

    "an innate anther"

Adjective
  1. 1
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development wordnet
  2. 2
    being talented through inherited qualities wordnet
  3. 3
    not established by conditioning or learning wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to exist; to call into being. obsolete

    "I never ſaw a foole leane : the chub-fac’d fop / Shines ſleek with full cramm’d fat of happineſſe, / VVhilſt ſtudious contemplation ſucks the juice / From wiſards cheekes : who making curious ſearch / For Natures ſecrets, the firſt innating cauſe / Laughs them to ſcorne, as man doth buſy Apes / VVhen they will zany men."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The adjective is first attested in the 1420's, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

The adjective is first attested in the 1420's, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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