Innate
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Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of theintellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas.See A priori, Intuitive.There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the firstlines of duty in the common notions of good and evil. South.Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their mind commonnotions of morality,innate and written in divine letters. Fleming(Origen).If I could only show,as I hope I shall . . . how men, barely by theuse of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge theyhave, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive atcertainty without any such original notions or principles. Locke.
Innate meaning & definition 1 of Innate.
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A morbidly obese man in a mid-life crisis. Also a chronic masturbator.
Innate meaning & definition 2 of Innate.
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An innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you have learned:
Innate meaning & definition 3 of Innate.