innate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
innate /ɪˈneɪt, ˈɪneɪt/
▶adjective
- 1 inborn; natural.
- 2 Philosophy originating in the mind.
– derivatives
innately adverb,
innateness noun.
innately adverb,
innateness noun.
– origin ME: from L. innatus, past part. of innasci, from in- ‘into’ + nasci ‘be born’.
'innate' also found in these Oxford entries:
biological clock
- built-in
- connate
- connatural
- drive
- id
- inborn
- ingrown
- instinct
- native
- nativism
- natural
- natural-born
- original sin
- tabula rasa
