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Native : adj
1: being such by origin; "the native North American sugar
maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" [ant: foreign]
2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
language" [ant: adopted]
3: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the
beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of
Australia" [syn: aboriginal] [ant: nonnative]
4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
5: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of
the good" [syn: connatural, inborn, inbred]
(noun)
1: a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous
person [syn: indigen, indigene]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Native : \Na"tive\, a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p.
natus. See Nation, and cf. Na["i]ve, Nelf a serf.]
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
--Cudworth.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Native : \Na"tive\, 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.
2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region,
as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct
imported breeds. [U.S.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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