evolvent (medicine) and native(1) (iou)

evolvent (medicine)

evolvent
<geometry> The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.

Origin: L. Evolvents. -entis, unrolling, p. Pr. Of evolvere.

Source: Websters Dictionary

native adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French natif, -ive or Latin nativus produced by birth, innate, natural, from nat- pa. ppl stem of nasci be born: see -IVE.]
I.
Belonging to or connected with a person or thing by Nature or natural constitution, not acquired or superadded; esp. (of a quality) inherent, innate. Also (now rare), naturally resulting. LME.
D. Brewster Every single star, shining by its own native light. D. Duncan Leave us to the native consequences of our folly. E. Rhode We find ourselves unable to Exercise our native scepticism.
b. Natural to a person or thing. M16.
J. Barzun This passivity is not native to the mind.
Pertaining to or connected with one by the fact of one's having been born there; that was the place or scene of one's birth; belonging to one by right or reason of the place or country of one's birth or of the nation to which one belongs. E16.
Shakespeare Richard II The language I have learned these forty years, My native English. Sir W. Scott This is my own, my native land. Observer Dr Owen returned to his native Tunbridge Wells.
b. Forming the source or origin of a thing or person; original, parent. literary. L16.
Shelley Heaps of broken stone That mingled slowly with their native earth.
Left or remaining in a natural state; esp. free from or untouched by Art; unadorned, simple, plain, unaffected; (of an interpretation, meaning, etc.) not forced. Now rare. M16.
Steele Words..used only..to betray those who understand them in their native sense. S. Johnson Native Beauty has little power to charm without the ornaments which fortune bestows.
II. Born in a state of bondage or villeinage. Only in LME.
Connected with one by birth, closely related. Also foll. by to, with. Now rare. L15.
Shakespeare Hamlet The head is not more native to the heart,..Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father.
Entitled to a certain position by birth; rightful. M-L16.
Of a metal or Other mineral: occurring naturally in a pure or uncombined state; also, occurring in Nature, as opp. to having been produced artificially. L17.
G. E. Hutchinson The occurrence of native metallic copper as a constituent of lake mud.
III.
Born in the particular place or country in question; belonging to a particular people, place, etc., by birth; spec. being one of the original inhabitants of a country where European colonists or their descendants hold power. Also foll. by of, to. L15.
J. Conrad The father grumbled all day at the stupidity of native gardeners. E. Huxley All groups, immigrant and native alike, nourish feelings of prejudice against Other groups. John Brooke The very fact that King George I was a stranger..gave him an immense advantage over the native dynasty.
Produced in or naturally belonging to a certain country; of indigenous origin, production, or growth, not foreign or exotic. (Foll. by to.) M16.
Observer Most of the species are native to..South America.
b. Of an oyster: wholly or partially reared in British waters, esp. in artificial beds. M18.
Belonging to, connected with, used by, or characteristic of the natives of a particular place. L18.
C. Allen The native bazaar was..out of bounds. A. Bullock In Yugoslavia there was at least a native Communist movement.
Computing. Designed for or built into a given system; spec. designating the language (esp. machine code) associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it. M20.
Phrases: go native (of a white person) adopt the way of life of the indigenous inhabitants of the country in which one lives, adopt a less civilized way of life.
Special collocations & comb.: Native American (an) American Indian. native bear Austral. = KOALA. native-born adjective (a) Scot. having a certain position of status by birth; (b) belonging to a particular place or country by birth. native bush NZ woodland composed of indigenous trees and shrubs. native cat Austral. = DASYURE. native companion Austral. & NZ = BROLGA. native cranberry: see CRANBERRY noun 2. native dog Austral. = DINGO. native FUCHSIA. native hen either of two moorhens, Gallinula ventralis of mainland Australia and G. mortierii of Tasmania. native kumquat: see KUMQUAT 2. native oak Austral. (the timber of) any of various trees of the genus Casuarina, which have wood similarly grained to the British oak. native orange Austral. any of several shrubs or trees bearing orange berries; esp. (a) a wild caper, Capparis mitchellii; (b) the orange-thorn, Citriobatus pauciflorus. native oven NZ = KOPA MAORI. native peach: see PEACH noun1 2(b). native poplar: see POPLAR 2. native potato Austral. a climbing plant, Marsdenia viridiflora (family Asclepiadaceae), with edible tubers. native quince: see QUINCE 2. native rock rock in its original place in the ground. native son US a male native of a particular State. native speaker a person having the language in question as a native language (foll. by of). Native State = princely State s.v. PRINCELY adjective 1. native tamarind: see TAMARIND 3. native turkey: see TURKEY noun2 3. native willow: see WILLOW noun 3.
natively adverb M16.
nativeness noun M16.
nativi'zation noun (Linguistics) the process of nativizing a word, language, etc.; the state of being nativized: M20.
nativize verb trans. (Linguistics) make native; adapt to or adopt as a native language: M20.

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