[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

native \na"tive\ n=a"ti^v, a. f. natif, l. nativus, fr.
   nasci, p. p. natus. see nation, and cf. na"ive, neif
   a serf.
   1. arising by birth; having an origin; born. obs.
      1913 webster

            anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
            rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
                                                  --cudworth.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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. in the latter sense, synonymous
      with domestic.
      1913 webster +pjc

   4. original; constituting the original substance of anything;
      as, native dust. --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
      inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
      cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.
      having the same meaning as congenital, but typically
      used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be
      used for negative qualities. see also congenital
      1913 webster +pjc

            courage is native to you.             --jowett
                                                  thucyd..
      1913 webster

   6. naturally related; cognate; connected with. r.
      1913 webster

            the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
            than is the throne of denmark to thy father. --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. min.
      a found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
          native silver, copper, gold.
      b found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
          chloride.
          1913 webster

   native american party. see under american, a.

   native bear zool., the koala.

   native bread bot., a large underground fungus, of
      australia mylitta australis, somewhat resembling a
      truffle, but much larger.

   native devil. zool. same as tasmanian devil, under
      devil.

   native hen zool., an australian rail tribonyx
      mortierii.

   native pheasant. zool. see leipoa.

   native rabbit zool., an australian marsupial perameles
      lagotis resembling a rabbit in size and form.

   native sloth zool., the koala.

   native thrush zool., an australian singing bird
      pachycephala olivacea; -- called also thickhead.

   native turkey zool., the australian bustard choriotis
      australis; -- called also bebilya.
      1913 webster

   syn: natural; natal; original; congenital.

   usage: native, natural, natal. natural refers to the
          nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
          native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
          country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
          of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. native
          talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
          which springs from the structure of the mind. native
          eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
          natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
          or artificial.
          1913 webster
see also:
nation na"ive neif foreign imported domestic 
congenital native american party american native bear native bread 
mylitta australis native devil tasmanian devil devil native hen 
tribonyx mortierii native pheasant leipoa native rabbit perameles lagotis 
native sloth native thrush pachycephala olivacea thickhead native turkey 
choriotis australis bebilya native natural natal 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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; the natives are restless.
      1913 webster +pjc

   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.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

native
     adj 1: being such by origin; "the native north american sugar
            maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" ant: foreign
     2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
        language" ant: adopted
     3: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the
        beginning; "native americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of
        australia" syn: aboriginal ant: nonnative
     4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
     5: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of
        the good" syn: connatural, inborn, inbred
     n : a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous
         person syn: indigen, indigene
see also:
foreign adopted aboriginal nonnative connatural inborn 
inbred indigen indigene 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

110 moby thesaurus words for "native":
   aboriginal, aborigine, agrarian, arcadian, artless, atavistic,
   autochthon, autochthonous, basic, best, bodily, born, bucolic,
   by birth, candid, citizen, clan, coeval, congenital, connatal,
   connate, connatural, constitutional, crude, direct, domestic,
   earliest inhabitant, endemic, ethnic, exclusive, first,
   first comer, genetic, genuine, hereditary, home, homebred,
   homegrown, homespun, honest, impure, in the blood, in the raw,
   inartificial, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigene, indigenous,
   indwelling, inhabitant, inherent, inherited, inland, innate,
   instinctive, instinctual, internal, intestine, intrinsic, local,
   local yokel, municipal, natal, national, native to, native-born,
   natural, natural to, naturelike, organic, original, pastoral,
   physical, primal, primitive, primitive settler, pristine,
   provincial, raw, resident, run-of-mine, rural, straightforward,
   temperamental, tribal, unacquired, unadorned, unaffected,
   unartificial, unassuming, uncultivated, undesigning, undisguising,
   undissembling, undissimulating, undomesticated, unembellished,
   unfeigning, ungraded, unpretending, unpretentious, unsorted,
   unspoiled, unsullied, untouched, unvarnished, vernacular, virgin,
   virginal

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