/ ɪˈneɪt; NAmE / adjective
( of a quality, feeling, etc. ) that you have when you are born
SYN inborn :
the innate ability to learn
► in·nate·ly adverb :
He believes that humans are innately violent.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin innatus , past participle of innasci , from in- into + nasci be born.