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Feb 12, 2012
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in•nate



Pronunciation: (i-nāt', in'āt), [key]
—adj.
1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
2. inherent in the essential character of something: an innate defect in the hypothesis.
3. originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of good and evil.

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