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▪ I. unˈnature, n. (un-1 12. Cf. G. unnatur, Du. onnatuur.)
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iii. i. 193 Unnature, what we call Chaos, holds nothing in it but vacuities, devouring gulfs. 1858H. Bushnell Nat. & Supernat. ii. (1864) 46 So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature. ▪ II. unˈnature, v. (un-2 6 b. Cf. MDu. onnaturen.) Also unˈnaturing ppl. a.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. x, A right heavenly Nature indeed, as it were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them. a1628F. Grevil Inquis. Fame & Hon. xix, To be nothing to subsistence is A fatall, and unnaturing award. 1640Reynolds Passions xv. 141 He can hardly so unnature him⁓selfe, as still to feed on those vanities. 1865Reader 11 March 286/1 Dr. Manning seems to have unnatured himself. |