v. t. To cause to exit; to call into being. [ Obs. ] “The first innating cause.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. innatus; pref. in- in + natus born, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Native. ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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). [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Innate ideas (Metaph.),
adv. Naturally. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being innate. [ 1913 Webster ]