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disnature, v.|dɪsˈneɪtjʊə(r)|
[ad. OF. desnaturer to change in nature, or change the nature of (Godef.), ‘to make vnnaturall’ (Cotgr.), It. disnaturare. See dis- 4 and nature.]
†1. intr. To get into, or be in, an unnatural or disordered condition; to be unhealthy. Obs.
1481Caxton Myrr. i. xii. 37 So..trauaylleth phisyque to brynge Nature to poynt that disnatureth in mannes body whan ony maladye or sekenes encombreth hit.
2. trans. To render unnatural; to deprive of natural quality, character, appearance, etc. Hence disˈnatured ppl. a.
c1450Merlin 425 Ymage repaired and disnatured fro kynde, holde thy pees. 1603Florio Montaigne (1632) 493 There are many..who think to honour their nature, by disnaturing themselues. 1753Churchill Gotham iii. 18 Can the stern mother..From her disnatur'd breast tear her young child? 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 307 A sister disnatured of all kin, hastening to be the voluntary accuser of her father. 1877Blackie Wise Men 161 The disnatured skin Showed livid, flecked with crimson. |