adj. 1. (Bot.) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex, i.e. without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end; -- said of a leaf shape
Syn. -- even-pinnate, paripinnate [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinné. Cf. Bipennate. ] Twice pinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity. ] To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impar unequal + E. pinnate. ] (Bot.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to exit; to call into being. [ Obs. ] “The first innating cause.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. innatus; pref. in- in + natus born, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Native. ] 1. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty in the common notions of good and evil. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men would not be guilty if they did not carry in their mind common notions of morality, innate and written in divine letters. Fleming (Origen). [ 1913 Webster ]

If I could only show, as I hope I shall . . . how men, barely by the use of their natural faculties, may attain to all the knowledge they have, without the help of any innate impressions; and may arrive at certainty without any such original notions or principles. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Innate ideas (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Naturally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being innate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Bot.) Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- imparipinnate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pari- + pinnate. ] (Bot.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather. ] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pinnated grouse (Zool.), the prairie chicken. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pinnate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + pinnate. ] (Bot.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis. [ 1913 Webster ]