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unnature

unnature verb: to change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.

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 it were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them [the elements].a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...

Noun

unnature (uncountable)

  1. That which is contrary to nature; the unnatural.
    • So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature.1858, Horace Bushnell, Nature and the Supernatural

Forms of unnature

third-person singular presentunnatures
present participleunnaturing
past participleunnatured
pastunnatured

Origin of unnature

From un- + nature.

Questions about unnature

What does unnature mean?
Unnature means to change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.
What part of speech is unnature?
Unnature can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of unnature?
The past tense of unnature is unnatured.

Words near unnature in the dictionary

  1. unnaturalizing
  2. unnaturall
  3. unnaturally
  4. unnaturalness
  5. unnaturalnesses
  6. unnature
  7. unnatured
  8. unnatures
  9. unnaturing
  10. unnauseated
  11. unnauseating

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