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native [ML] 1 by birth, innately, naturally. nativus ‥ unde ~e adverbium Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 374; in calida regione sunt gentes ~e brune in pelle M. Scot Phys. 45. 2 (feud.) as a bondsman, in bondage; b (contr. w. libere). 1396 nativi homines et terram ~e tenentes Pat 346 m. 30; 1417 terram ~e tenentes (v. interligare 2); c1442 cum ‥ terris et tenementis ejusdem manerii ~e tentis et ad voluntatem Amund. II app. 285.  b 1402 de quibus idem W. obiit seisitus tam libere quam ~e CourtR Banstead.

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