innate

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin innātus (inborn), perfect active participle of innāscor (be born in, grow up in) < in (in, at on) + nāscor (be born); see natal, native.

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Infinitive
to innate

Third person singular
innates

Simple past
innated

Past participle
innated

Present participle
innating

to innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)

  1. To cause to exist; to call into being.

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innate (not comparable)

Positive
innate

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
  2. Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive.
  3. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.

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[edit] Adjective

innate pl.

  1. Feminine form of innato.
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