单词 | naturing |
释义 | naturingn. rare. The action or the process of giving an identity; creation. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] shaft888 makinglOE creationa1393 faction1440 uprearing1551 operationc1616 essentiating1635 emanation1742 naturing1880 1880 G. M. Hopkins Note-bks. & Papers (1937) 312 The whole function, the naturing, the selving of that nature. 1968 R. Kelly Finding Meas. 1 The organism of the macrocosm, the organism of language, the organism of I combine in ceaseless naturing to propagate a fourth, the poem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). naturingadj. rare (poetic in later use). Nurturing; esp. in naturing nature. Cf. nature v.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming shaping1398 making1434 naturing1605 essentiating1635 nature naturant1635 fashioning1674 originary1755 fingent1837 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [adjective] > endowing with a character or nature naturing1605 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. ii. 5 Aristotle himselfe..calleth it naturam naturantem, naturing nature. 1914 R. Bridges Our Lady ii, in Poems 12 Therefore art thou ador'd Mother of God in man Naturing nurse of power. 1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 275 To see the Mother, naturing Nature, stand All racked and wrung by her unfaithful lord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1880adj.1605 |
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