Innate

verb

/ɪˈneɪt/

Word Frequency: 4.6

Definitions

1.verbTo cause to exist; to call into being.

2.adjectiveInborn; existing or having existed since birth.

3.adjectiveOriginating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.

"innate ideas"

4.adjectiveInstinctive; coming from instinct.

5.adjectiveJoined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

"an innate anther"

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