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

  Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr.
     nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf. {Na["i]ve}, {Neif}
     a serf.]
     1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
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              Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
              rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
                                                    --Cudworth.
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     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.
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     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}.
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     4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
        as, native dust. --Milton.
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     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}
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              Courage is native to you.             --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd.).
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     6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
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              the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
              Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
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     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.
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     {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}.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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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