unnature

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verb

To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unnatures · participle present unnaturing · participle past unnatured · past unnatured

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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].

    The New Arcadia

    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: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC
noununnature (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThat which is contrary to nature; the unnatural.

    So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature.

    1858, Horace Bushnell, Nature and the Supernatural

Origin

From un- + nature.

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APA

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MLA

“unnature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnature. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unnature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnature.

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