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Webster 1828 Edition


Inborn

IN'BORN

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[in and born.] Innate; implanted by nature; as inborn passions; inborn worth.

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inborn

inborn

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Adjective

inborn (not comparable)

  1. innate, possessed by an organism at birth
    • September 20 1995, Oliver James writing in The Guardian, From Venus and Mars
      However, a scientific study just published in American Psychologist provides strong reasons to doubt that there are many inborn differences between genders.
  2. inherited or hereditary

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