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natured, ppl. a.|ˈneɪtjʊəd| [f. nature n. + -ed2.] Having a nature or disposition (of a specified kind). Chiefly used in compounds, as good-, ill-natured, etc.
1577[see good-natured]. 1589R. Robinson Gold. Mirr. (1851) 53 With hounied mouths, yet natur'd like the waspe. 1605Rowlands Hell's Broke Loose 27 What is it from the Cocatrice doth passe, But such a natur'd Serpent as him selfe? 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 36 To all sorts of such natured Lands, thou mayst apply them. 1720Humourist 16 As good a natur'd civil Person as I am, the Spleen is now and then too hard for me. 1836Tait's Mag. III. 163 [Your heart] is natured somewhat after the fashion of the lava that flows from an old mountain. 1879Spencer Data Ethics xiv. 256 Others, similarly natured, will not permit him in any large measure to do this. |