Native(a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Native(a.) 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.
Native(a.) 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.
Native(a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
Native(a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
Native(a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
Native(a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
Native(a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
Native(n.) 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.
Native(n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
Natively(adv.) By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.
Nativeness(n.) The quality or state of being native.
Nativism(n.) The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
Nativism(n.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.
Nativity(n.) The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
Nativity(n.) A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ. The simplest form is the babe in a rude cradle, and the heads of an ox and an ass to express the stable in which he was born.
Nativity(n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope.
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