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Webster 1913 Edition


Unnature

Un-na′ture

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
nature
.]
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.
[Obs.]
A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were
unnaturing
them, doth so bridle them [the elements].
Sir P. Sidney.

Un-na′ture

,
Noun.
[Pref.
un-
not +
nature
.]
The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural.
[R.]
So as to be rather
unnature
, after all, than nature.
H. Bushnell.

Definition 2024


unnature

unnature

English

Verb

unnature (third-person singular simple present unnatures, present participle unnaturing, simple past and past participle unnatured)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.
    A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them [the elements]. Sir P. Sidney.

Noun

unnature (uncountable)

  1. That which is contrary to nature; the unnatural.
    So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature. H. Bushnell.