native (nativ)

and n. [= F. nat if, naïf = Pr. natiu, nadiu = Sp. Pg. It. nativo, Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native , rising and vanishing again in long periods of time. In philos., one who maintains the doctrine of innate ideas.-2. [ cap.] In U. S. politics: ( a ) One who supports or favors the program of the Native American party. (b) One who supports the program of the American party. See Amer Fill more was in Europe when he was chosen by the Nativists of Philadelphia as their standard-bearer. H. von Holst , Const. Hist. (trans.), V. 436. nativistic (nā-ti-vis'tik), a. [ as, galena occurs native and also as a furnace ican. product.-Native American party. See American. Native bear, native sloth. Same as koala. - Native bread, a fungus, Mylitta Australis, used by the natives of diameter, and when dry looks like a hard, compacted lump Australia as a sort of bread. It is often several inches in of sago. Native cat, the spotted dasyure of Australia. Native cinnabar, cod, devil, mercury, trooper, etc. See the nouns. - Native companion, the large gray crane of Australia. = Syn. 7. Natal, Native, Natural. Natal has the narrow meaning of belonging to the event of one's birth; hence it is chiefly used with such words as day, hour, star. Native means conferred by birth: as, native genius; or, belonging by birth or origin: as, native place, country, language. Natural applies to that which is by nature, as opposed to the work of art. Native eloquence is opposed which is acquired; natural eloquence to that is elaborated by rules.-4. Indigenous , etc. See original . Π. n. 1. One born in a certain place or coun- try, a person or thing which derives its origin from a specified place or country. Well hast thou known proud Troy's perfidious land, And well her natives merit at thy hand! Pope , Iliad, vi. 70. That shadowy realm where hope is a native. D. G. Mitchell , Reveries of a Bachelor. [Any person born in a given country is a native of it; but the term, with reference to a country, is naturally most used by foreigners, to whom as discoverers, explorers, travelers, writers, etc., "the natives" are the aboriginal inhabitants, until in the progre of settlement and colonization the native-born colonists claim or receive the name of "native" also.] Thus the nativistic school of explanation is replaced by the "empiristic" school, as Helmholtz calls it. Science, VI. 309. nativity (nā-tiv'i-ti), n.; pl. nativities (-tiz). [ At thy nativity , a glorious quire Of angels, in the fields of Bethlehem, sung To shepherds, watching at their folds by night. Milton, P. R., i. 242. Christmas has come once more - the day devoted by the large majority of Christians to the commemoration of the Nativity of the Saviour. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 215. 2. The circumstances attending birth, as time, place, and surroundings. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in na tivity , chance, or death. Shak., M. W. of W., v. 1. 4. A Prince born for the Good of Christen dom, if a Bar in his Nativity had not hindred it. Baker , Chronicles, p. 67. 3. In particular, the birth of Christ; hence, (a) 21. Born of one's self; own. There is but one amongst the foure That is my native sonne. Gentleman in Thracia (Child's Ballads, VIII. 162). 3. Of or pertaining to one by birth, or the place or circumstances of one's birth: as, na tive land; native language. Ere the King my feir countrie get, This land that's nativest to me, Mony o' his nobilis sall be cauld. Sang of the Outlaw Murray (Child's Ballads, VI. 26). The language I have learn'd these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo. as distinguished from a person who had become so in any other way. So that neither we nor our succe ors for the future shall be able to claim any right in the aforesaid [ native ] on account of his nativity (i. e., being in the condition of a native , or slave, of Whalley), saving to us our right and challenge with respect to any others our natives. By acts of emancipation or manumi ion the native was made a freeman, even though with the disabilities he lost the privileges of maintenance which he could claim on the land of his lord. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 495. 3. In astrol ., a person born under that aspect Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 160. of the stars which is under consideration. IMG:content-1225.png:[blocks in formation] Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. Shak., Rich. II., iii. 2. 25. Bacon, Fables, xi., Expl. Our music, in its most enchanting form, is purely na tive , independent of any Saxon, Danish, or Norman aid. O'Curry, Anc. Irish, II. xxxviii. They feigned it adventitious, not native . Bayard Taylor always considered himself native to the East, and it was with great delight that in 1851 he found himself on the banks of the Nile. Encyc . Brit ., XXIII. 91. [With reference to names or other words, native is especially used to designate a name or word indigenous in a country or among a people beyond the ordinary pale of Anglo-Saxon or European civilization; thus, the native products and customs of the barbarous tribes of Africa or Australia or of the imperfectly civilized peoples of India, Arabia, etc., have "native names" which are commonly so referred to when it is inconvenient or impo ible to give a precise designation of the language, or etymological history of the word, concerned. In this dictionary, in the etymologies, "native name" means a name used (and usually orior otherwise.] ginating) in the country or among the people indicated in the def in it ted by birth; hence, closely related; IMG:content-1226.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1227.png:[blocks in formation] 4. [ cap.] In U. S. politics, same as Know nothing. See American party, under American. -5. An oyster raised in a bed other than the natural one. Oysters raised in artificial beds are called natives , and are considered very superior to those which are dredged from the natural beds. Lib . Universal Knowledge , XI. 159. His eyes rested on a newly-opened oyster-shop on a magnificent scale, with natives laid, one deep, in circular marble basins in the windows. Dickens , Sketches, Characters, vii. 6t. Natural source; origin. Th' Accusation Which they haue often made against the Senate, All cause vnborne, could neuer be the Natiue Of our so franke Donation. Shak., Cor. (folio 1623), iii. 1. 129. [Some modern editions read here motive .]