In"nate (n"nt or n*nt"; 277), a. [L. innatus; pref. in- in + natus
born, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Native.] 1. Inborn; native;
natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.
2. (Metaph.) 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. (Bot.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an
innate anther. Gray.
Innate ideas (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong,
supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of
knowledge.
In*nate" (?), v. t. To cause to exit; to call into being. [Obs.] "The
first innating cause." Marston.
In"nate*ly (?), adv. Naturally.
In"nate*ness, n. The quality of being innate.
In*na"tive (?), a. Native. [Obs.] Chapman.
In*nav"i*ga*ble (?), a. [L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See In-
not, and Navigable.] Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships
or vessels. Drygen. -- In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv.