Inborn
['ɪnbɔːn;ɪn'bɔːn] or [,ɪn'bɔrn]
Definition
(a.) Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Innate, inherent, inbred, natural, instinctive, congenital, ingrained, in the grain, bred in the bone.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONGENITAL]
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Definition
adj. born in or with: implanted by nature.
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Examples
- Palissy had shown the inborn courage of his nature during those sixteen lean years in Saintes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I feel my inborn admiration of all that is noble, and great, and good, purified by the breath of heaven on an evening like this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And, besides, is it not the inborn nature of Street Commissioners to avoid their duty whenever they get a chance? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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