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| in·nate [ i náyt ] |
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1. present from birth: relating to qualities that a person or animal is born with
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2. integral: forming an integral part of something
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3. coming from mind: coming directly from the mind rather than being acquired by experience or from external sources
  an innate sense of justice
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4. botany joined to filament by base: describes an anther that is joined to the filament by its base only
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5. biology originating within thallus: forming an integral part of the thallus of an organism such as an alga or liverwort
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| [15th century. < Latin innatus, past participle of innasci "be born in" < nasci "be born"] |
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| in·nate·ly adverb |
| in·nate·ness noun |
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