innated
innated is the simple past and past participle of innate.
Meaning of innate
Verb
innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)
- To cause to exist; to call into being.
- I never ſaw a foole leane : the chub-fac’d fop / Shines ſleek with full cramm’d fat of happineſſe, / VVhilſt ſtudious contemplation ſucks the juice / From wiſards cheekes : who making curious ſearch / For Natures ſecrets, the firſt innating cauſe / Laughs them to ſcorne, as man doth buſy Apes /...1601, John Marston, “Antonio’s Revenge”, in Tragedies and Comedies Collected into One Volume, London: A.M., published 1633, [Act IIII, scene i]
Adjective
innated (comparative more innated, superlative most innated)
- Innate.
- I abhorre them (I say) with so naturall, and so innated an opinion, that the very same instinct and impression, which I suckt from my nurse, I have so kept, that no occasions could ever make me alter the same […]., II.11
Forms of innated
| comparative | more innated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most innated |
Origin of innated
From innate + -ed.
Questions about innated
- What does innated mean?
- Innated means innate.
- What is innated the simple past and past participle of?
- Innated is the simple past and past participle of innate.
- What part of speech is innated?
- Innated is an adjective.
Words near innated in the dictionary
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