Innate

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience.
  • adjective. Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience.
  • adjective. Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bring or call into existence; inform.
  • In biology, characteristic of a species or common to the individuals of a species, or alike in parent and in offspring; hereditary; constitutional; congenital.
  • Inborn; natural; pertaining to the inherited constitution of body or mind; not derived or acquired from any external source; especially, native to the mind; instinctive: as, an innate tendency to virtue or vice; innate ideas.
  • In botany: Borne on the apex of the supporting part: as, an innate anther, which is one that directly continues and corresponds to the apex of the filament.
  • Born within; originating within the matrix, or within the substance of the plant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to exit; to call into being.
  • adjective. Inborn; native; natural
  • adjective. Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience. See A priori, Intuitive.
  • adjective. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.
  • adjective. ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
  • adjective. Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive.
  • adjective. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.
  • verb. To cause to exist; to call into being.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being talented through inherited qualities
  • adjective. not established by conditioning or learning
  • adjective. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
    • Word Usage
    "They wished to be "loyal," but they would not surrender what they termed innate rights; they would not be taxed without representation, nor be debarred from manufacturing; nor consent to make"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    acquired  
    cross-reference
    innate idea  instinctive  
    Equivalent
    intelligent  naive  nonheritable  noninheritable  
    Form
    innateness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exceptional  habitual  inborn  inherent  instinctive  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    atavistic  automatic  bodily  born  coeval  
    variant
    a priori  intuitive  
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