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Definition of Native
Na´tive Pronunciation: nā´tĭv | a. | 1. | Arising by birth; having an origin; born. | | 2. | Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; - opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. | | 3. | Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic. | | 4. | Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. | | 5. | Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital | | 6. | Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). | | 7. | (Min.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold. | | n. | 1. | One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless. | | 2. | (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. |
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aborigine, agrarian, arcadian, artless, atavistic, autochthon, autochthonous, basic, best, bodily, born, bucolic, by birth, candid, citizen, clan, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, crude, direct, earliest inhabitant, ethnic, exclusive, first, first comer, genetic, genuine, home, homebred, homegrown, homespun, honest, impure, in the blood, in the raw, inartificial, incarnate, indigene, indwelling, inhabitant, inherited, inland, instinctive, instinctual, internal, intestine, intrinsic, local, local yokel, municipal, natal, national, native to, native-born, natural to, naturelike, organic, pastoral, physical, primal, primitive, primitive settler, pristine, provincial, raw, resident, run-of-mine, rural, straightforward, temperamental, tribal, unacquired, unadorned, unaffected, unartificial, unassuming, uncultivated, undesigning, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, undomesticated, unembellished, unfeigning, ungraded, unpretending, unpretentious, unsorted, unspoiled, unsullied, untouched, unvarnished, vernacular, virgin, virginal
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