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Definition of Inborn

1. Adjective. Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development.

2. Adjective. Normally existing at birth. "Mankind's connatural sense of the good"

Definition of Inborn

1. a. Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.

Definition of Inborn

1. Adjective. innate, possessed by an organism at birth ¹

2. Adjective. inherited or hereditary ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inborn

1. existing in one from birth [adj]

Medical Definition of Inborn

1. Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions. Synonym: Innate, inherent, natural. (27 Oct 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inborn

inbeing inbeings inbent inbetween inbetweener inbetweeners inbetweening inbind inbland inblow

inblown inboard inboarded inboarding inboards inborn (current term) inborn error of metabolism inborn errors of metabolism inborn lysosomal disease inborn reflex

inbornness inbound inbounded inbounding inbounds inbox inboxes inbreak inbreaking inbreaks

Literary usage of Inborn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"Truth is coupled with freedom or nobility of birth ; the ingenuous, therefore, bespeaks the inborn freedom, by asserting the noblest right, and following ..."

2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Truth is coupled with freedom or nobility of birth; the ingenuous, therefore, bespeaks the inborn freedom, by asserting the noblest right, and following the ..."

3. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"Truth is coupled with freedom or nobility of birth; the ingenuous, therefore, bespeaks the inborn freedom, by asserting the noblest right, and following the ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"INBRED denotes that which is derived principally from habit, or by a gradual process, as opposed tu what is acquired by actual efforts. inborn denotes that ..."

5. General Methods of Teaching in Elementary Schools: Including the by Samuel Chester Parker (1919)
"On the other hand, if the retardation was due to inborn incapacity, ... In order to make clear the part played by inborn capacity or incapacity for learning ..."

6. The Principles of Heredity with Some Applications by George Archdall O'Brien Reid (1905)
"CHAPTER XIX AUTOMATIC ACTION All " inborn " characters are in reality acquirements—All automatic actions are voluntary—They result from " diffused " not ..."

7. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"inborn ERRORS OF METABOLISM. Under this title AE Garrod has grouped together ... These anomalies are of life-long persistence and in most cases are inborn. ..."

8. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Inequalities of inborn pits and social stratification. Uncertainty of our knowledge concerning the influence of inborn gifts, 137 — Sec. 6. ..."

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