Webster's English Dictionary

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hereditary

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  1. innate                
 
he.red.i.tary \h*-'red-*-.ter-e-\ aj 1a: genetically transmitted or 
   transmittable from parent to offspring  1b: characteristic of or fostered 
   by one's predecessors  2a: received or passing by inheritance or required 
   to pass by inheritance  2b: having title or possession through inheritance  
   3: of a kind established by tradition  4: of or relating to inheritance or 
   heredity