[ih-neyt, in-eyt] 

 Adjective

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 1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate talent for something.

 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.