Innate

[ɪ'neɪt;'ɪneɪt] or [ɪ'net]

Definition

(a.) Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

(a.) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive.

(a.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther.

(v. t.) To cause to exit; to call into being.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Inborn, inbred, native, natural, inherent, not adventitious.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See CONGENITAL]

[See INHABITANT]

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Definition

adj. inborn: natural to the mind instinctive inherent.—adv. Inn′ately.—n. Inn′ateness.—adj. Innā′tive native.—Innate ideas a priori principles of knowledge and of action the word 'innate' implying that the power of recognising such principles is provided for in the constitution of the mind.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

adj. Natural inherent—as innate ideas that is to say ideas that we are born with having had them previously imparted to us. The doctrine of innate ideas is one of the most admirable faiths of philosophy being itself an innate idea and therefore inaccessible to disproof though Locke foolishly supposed himself to have given it 'a black eye. ' Among innate ideas may be mentioned the belief in one's ability to conduct a newspaper in the greatness of one's country in the superiority of one's civilization in the importance of one's personal affairs and in the interesting nature of one's diseases.

Typist: Randall

Examples

This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Thus, for the second time, did Mr. Pickwick's innate good-feeling involve him in an enterprise from which he would most willingly have stood aloof. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Ideas of earthly superiority are educational, not innate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
From the outset, an innate recognition of system dictated the desirability and wisdom of preserving records of his experiments and inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
The Turks have an innate antipathy to taking the life of any dumb animal, it is said. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
He consequently believes in an innate tendency towards progressive and more perfect development. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
To prove the ideas of passion and desire not to be innate, they observe that we have a preceding experience of these emotions in ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
I now believe that it was only your innate sense of oppression--(yes; I, though a master, may be oppressed)--that made you act so nobly as you did. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Her exquisite superiority and innate refinement ought, one would think, to scare impertinence from her very idea. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
He denies absolutely the existence of innate faculties. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
That he joyed in killing, and that he killed with a joyous laugh upon his handsome lips betokened no innate cruelty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Although he was dressed correctly for his part, yet there was an innate incongruity which caused a slight ridiculousness in his appearance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
There was no affectation in this; but much genuine, innate pride. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
But men's loyalties, the sides they take in political things, are not innate, they are educational results. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough to set a dog at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Well, for cool native impudence and pure innate pride, you haven't your equal, said he. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Typist: Randall