Definitions for: Native


[n] a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person
[adj] belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"
[adj] being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
[adj] being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
[adj] normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"
[adj] as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.



4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
as, native dust. --Milton.

5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.



Courage is native to you. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).

6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]

the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than
is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.

7. (Min.)
(a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
native silver.
(b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
chloride.

Native American party. See under American, a.

Native bear (Zo["o]l.), the koala.

Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a
truffle, but much larger.

Native devil. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under
Devil.

Native hen (Zo["o]l.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
Mortierii}).

Native pheasant. (Zo["o]l.) See Leipoa.

Native rabbit (Zo["o]l.), an Australian marsupial
(Perameles lagotis) resembling a rabbit in size and
form.

Native sloth (Zo["o]l.), the koala.

Native thrush (Zo["o]l.), an Australian singing bird
(Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead.

Native turkey (Zo["o]l.), the Australian bustard
(Choriotis australis); -- called also bebilya.

Syn: Natural; natal; original; congential.

Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the
nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
or artifical.


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.]

Synonyms: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, connatural, domestic, endemic, homegrown, inborn, inbred, indigen, indigene, indigenous, native-born, normal, pure

Antonyms: adopted, adoptive, foreign, nonnative

See Also: American, Filipino, human, individual, Levantine, Mauritian, mortal, person, Russian, Seychellois, somebody, someone, soul

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