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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Native \Na"tive\, a. [F. natif, L. nativus fr nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf {Na["i]ve}, {Nelf} a serf.] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] Anaximander's opinion is that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. --Cudworth. 2. 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 3. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Native \Na"tive\, n. 1. 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. 2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. [U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: native adj 1: being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" [ant: {foreign}] 2: existing at birth; "man's connatural sense of the good" [syn: {connatural}, {inborn}, {inbred}] 3: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language" [ant: {adopted}] 4: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: {aboriginal}] [ant: {nonnative}] 5: as found in nature in the elemental form "native copper" n : a person who was born in a particular place
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