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Definition of Innate

1. Adjective. Not established by conditioning or learning. "An unconditioned reflex"

2. Adjective. Being talented through inherited qualities. "An innate talent"

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

Definition of Innate

1. a. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

2. v. t. To cause to exit; to call into being.

Definition of Innate

1. Adjective. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence. ¹

2. Adjective. Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive. ¹

3. Adjective. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Innate

1. inborn [adj] : INNATELY [adv] - See also: inborn

Medical Definition of Innate

1. 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. "There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil." (South) "Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their mind common notions of morality,innate and written in divine letters." (Fleming (Origen)) "If I could only show,as I hope I shall . . . How men, barely by the use of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive at certainty without any such original notions or principles." (Locke) 3. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther. Innate ideas, ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge. Origin: L. Innatus; pref. In- in + natus born, p.p. Of nasci to be born. See Native. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Innate

inmeshing inmew inmid inmiddes inmigrant inmigrants inmigration inmigrations inmove inn

innage innages innard innards innate (current term) innate(p) innate heat innate immune system innate immunity innate reflex

innated innately innateness innatenesses innates innating innatism innatist innatists

Literary usage of Innate

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

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"OTHER CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING innate PRINCIPLES, BOTH SPECULATIVE AND PRACTICAL. BOOK ii HAD those who would persuade us that there are innate CH P* in ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"self; and, strictly speaking, it is on the innate character only that the scrutinising moral judge, so far as possible, passes his judgment, ..."

3. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"But how can these men think the use of reason necessary to discover principles that are supposed innate, when reason (if we may believe them) is nothing ..."

4. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"In this sense of the term, the debate whether our ideas are innate or not is ... For the historical debate over innate ideas has not, except in a few cases, ..."

5. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"By innate knowledge he sometimes means ideas or truths impressed upon the mind, ... The polemic of Locke against the doctrine of innate ideas contributed to ..."

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