innate /ɪˈneɪt/adjective 4verb 1forms 3 adjective4 •Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.Ironically, given France's innate reluctance to permit competition at home, the first breach in Renfe's monopoly came from SNCF offshoot Ouigo España in 2021. — 2023 •Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience. •Instinctive; coming from instinct.Perhaps, from an innate desire of justification, sorrow always exaggerates itself. — 1831 •Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament. verb1 •(no longer used) To cause to exist; to call into being.[…]but the innating matter works not upon the dull matter, as upon a new material, for the innate matter is mixt with the dull part of matter[…] — 1655 formsinnated · innating · innates
