Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or accompanying birth.
- adjective Of or associated with the time or place of one's birth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the nates or buttocks; gluteal.
- Of or pertaining to one's birth; connected with or dating from one's birth.
- Presiding over birthdays or nativities.
- Native; own; original.
- Synonyms Natural, etc. See
native . - noun A person's nativity; birthday.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.
- adjective (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the buttocks.
- adjective Of or relating to
birth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a port city in northeastern Brazil
- adjective relating to or accompanying birth
- noun a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
- adjective of or relating to the buttocks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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During the first three ages of Christianity they were contented with celebrating the day of the death of martyrs, which they called their natal day, by assembling in the cemeteries where their bodies lay, to pray for them, as we have remarked in the article on
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Heinlein may have been a opinionated old fart, but he usually put a lot of thought into his opinions, and he draws a completely valid distinction between what he called natal horological astrology and the type of astrology that was the historical precursor for modern astronomy.
2005 July 2005
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Heinlein may have been a opinionated old fart, but he usually put a lot of thought into his opinions, and he draws a completely valid distinction between what he called natal horological astrology and the type of astrology that was the historical precursor for modern astronomy.
People Whose Asses I Need to Kick #2: Followers of natal horological astrology 2005
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Thus Redclyffe really found less antiquity here, than in the graveyard which might almost be called his natal spot.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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According to Judy Stamps from the University of California at Davis, like humans who move out of their parents 'houses in adulthood, most animals leave their birthplaces before they start to raise families of their own, a phenomenon known as natal dispersal.
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For too many ministers, the trek to fellowship begins in a place of isolation, even disconnection, away from the 'natal' community.
Ministerial Authority Christine Robinson 2009
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I don't really know, but I have seen "natal" teeth.
Fake Baby Teeth (Pedo Partial) Dr. Dean Brandon 2006
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The role of the stars in the life of individuals is known as "natal" astrology while "mundane" astrology deals with the fate of nations and concepts like the AGE OF AQUARIUS.
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He took it luxuriously because he believed in his fortune, a kind of natal star, the common heritage of the adventurous, that brought him his good things in time, in return for energetic strivings in a higher direction apart from his natural longings.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He took it luxuriously because he believed in his fortune, a kind of natal star, the common heritage of the adventurous, that brought him his good things in time, in return for energetic strivings in a higher direction apart from his natural longings.
The Tragic Comedians — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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