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of a quality: present at birth; or arising from within rather than having been learned or acquired
- Most of the misery had been generated by her conventional aspect, and not by her innate sensations.2 — Maiden No More (66% in)
- That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power over her which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times.2 — Maiden No More (36% in)
There are no more uses of "innate" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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