Native

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

II. Native ·adj Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

III. Native ·adj Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.

IV. Native ·adj Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.

V. Native ·adj Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.

VI. Native ·noun Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.

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

VIII. Native ·adj 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.

IX. Native ·noun 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.

X. Native ·adj 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.

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