Both Uses
innate
in
The Scarlet Letter
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- I have not known the man to whose innate kindliness I would more confidently make an appeal.†
p. 22.8
- Pearl's inevitable tendency to hover about the enigma of the scarlet letter seemed an innate quality of her being.†
p. 167.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(innate) of a quality: present at birth; or arising from within rather than having been learned or acquired
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)