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Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.

The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.

To adapt; to accustom; to habituate; to acclimate; to cause to grow as under natural conditions. Its wearer suggested that pears and peaches might yet be naturalized in the New England climate. Hawthorne.

A tribe of Indians inhabiting New Mexico and Arizona, allied to the Apaches. They are now largely engaged in agriculture.

A native or inhabitant of Navarre; the people of Navarre.

A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

Any fish of the genus Distichodus. Several large species inhabit the Nile.

Habitual carelessness; negligence. Age breeds neglect in all. Denham.

he quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.

A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood.

A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs. A little cottage, like some poor man's nest. Spenser.

Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. Pope.

A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho.

A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species. Mock nightingale. (Zoöl.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).

Having a habit of seeking food or moving about at night; as, nocturnal birds and insects.

The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.