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disnature

verb

Etymology

From dis- + nature.

  1. derived from nātūra
  2. derived from nature
  3. inherited from nature
  4. prefixed as disnature — “dis + nature”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).

    • It is not the soul's nature to leave the body; rather, the body (disnatured by the Fall) deserts the soul.
    • The truth has been disnatured by its legal setting: Caleb's appeal to the conscience is not an instrument of ' true ' justice but, in spite of all he can do to prevent it, an act of revenge against the institution of aristocracy .
    • Naturally, no one has disnatured all of nature before. Destroying and remaking all of existence is unique, unparalleled.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for disnature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA