Definition of: innate

(in′āt, i·nāt′) adjective
1. Native to or original with the individual; inborn; natural.
2. Immediately in or from the mind or intellect rather than acquired by experience; intuitive: innate truths.
3. Bot. Attached by its base to the apex of a filament: said of an anther.
4. Endogenous. Compare ADNATE. See synonyms under INHERENT, NATIVE, RADICAL. [<L innatus, pp. of innasci be born in <in- in + nasci be born]
—in′nate·ly adverb
—in′nate·ness noun