innate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in the 1420's, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈneɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Adjective === innate (not comparable) Inborn; existing or having existed since birth. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:innate (philosophy) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience. Instinctive; coming from instinct. (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament. Coordinate terms: adnate, connate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== a priori intuitive === Verb === innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated) (obsolete) To cause to exist; to call into being. ==== Translations ==== === References === “innate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “innate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === annite, ante in, nanite, tannie == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈna.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: in‧nà‧te === Adjective === innate feminine plural of innato === Anagrams === netina == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪnˈnaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈnaː.te] === Participle === innāte vocative masculine singular of innātus