Native
Native adjective - Being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining.
Usage example: diamonds in their native state are not the bright, flashy gems that one might imagine
Treated
Treated adjective - Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent.
Both words in one sentence
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The freed slaves were not particularly friendly towards the native Liberians, in fact they treated them as they had once been when enslaved.
Source: Useful Notes / Liberia - This jungle is treated as a semi-sentient entity; a soup of consciousness composed of the ferocity of its native life and climate.
Source: Hungry Jungle - Neil Gaiman shows his work with this one: historically, many Native American cultures had a practice by which a male or female person could fully embrace the duties, roles and appearance of the opposite and from that point on be treated as if they were born and lived the other gender.
Source: Lady Looks Like a Dude
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