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innating

innating is the present participle and gerund of innate.

Meaning of innate

Verb

innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)

  1. (obsolete) 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]

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Questions about innating

What is innating the present participle and gerund of?
Innating is the present participle and gerund of innate.

Words near innating in the dictionary

  1. innated
  2. innately
  3. innateness
  4. innatenesses
  5. innates
  6. innating
  7. innatism
  8. innatist
  9. innatists
  10. innative
  11. innavigable

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