单词 | unnaturalize |
释义 | unnaturalizev.ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > make unnatural uncomelechec1225 disnaturea1500 unnaturea1586 unnaturalize1605 denature1685 denaturalize1812 disnaturalize1837 1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions sig. B3v Vnnaturallizing peruersest harts, To scandallize our lawdable Desarts. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. L2v Religion is commonly his pretence of discontent, though hee can bee of all religions; therefore truely of none. Thus by vnnaturalising himselfe [etc.]. 1625 W. Laud Serm. preached at Westm. 13 In all that large discourse..S. Paul..conceiues at full, how Corruption can vnnaturalize Nature it selfe. 1755 Lucius & Celadon 47 If we unnaturalize ourselves..by deviating from the Paths of Virtue, whom are we to blame? 1858 E. Stork tr. F.-R. de Chateaubriand Spirit & Beauty Christian Relig. 62 The disorder which divorce brings into families, in disturbing the order of succession, unnaturalizing the parental affections, and in corrupting the heart. 1894 Daily News 5 Oct. 6/5 None the less do they feel the sad influence of the mixed education that has..unnaturalised them. 2. transitive. To deprive of the status or privileges of a native-born citizen or subject. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)] > deprive of rights of citizen disfranchise1467 disnatural1588 discommona1600 forjure1647 unnaturalize1662 disenfranchise1664 disnaturalize1704 denaturalize1816 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Orations Divers Sorts ii. 31 Nor can I call your Dear Countrymen; for you have Unnaturaliz'd your selves, by Betraying your Country. 1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 84 Mr. Arne..will apply for a private Bill to unnaturalize him, that he may then enjoy the Privileges of an Englishman. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1830 This petitioner prayed to be unnaturalized, or to be brought to trial. 1918 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 21 June 3/1 The government has found a way to unnaturalize the naturalized citizen. 3. transitive. To give an unnatural or inauthentic quality to; to represent unnaturally. Also: to deprive of natural quality. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > render ideal [verb (transitive)] unnaturalize1740 idealize1795 transcendentalize1846 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > perform or enact affectedly [verb (transitive)] > make affected > make unnatural unnaturalize1740 1740 S. Richardson Pamela Pref. p. xiii It may disguise the Facts,..and unnaturalize the Incidents. 1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 Ess. 196/2 If they should thus endeavour to unnaturalize their singing, they would render it harsh. 1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxx Our poets..idealise farther than he; that is, they unnaturalise, often making beautiful chimeras of their virtuous characters. 1884 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 5 292 All the rules of the grammar having been able only slightly to stiffen and unnaturalize it [sc. Sanskrit]. 1973 Diacritics 3 4/2 If there's any chance at all of ‘unnaturalizing’ nature and attempting to make it ‘us’, it's in our backyard. 1977 D. Roddy & J. Coolen Electronic Communications iii. 82 Monaural systems do not bring out the diffuse nature of an orchestra and tend to unnaturalize the performance. 2006 S. Lord in A. Burfoot & S. Lord Killing Women x. 193 Derko's film..has the effect of ‘unnaturalizing’ the historical and chronometric laws that underwrite scientific and cultural value. Derivatives unˈnaturalizing n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > [noun] > deprivation of rights of citizen disfranchisement1623 disfranchising1646 unnaturalizing1647 undenizing1716 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 47 Such usurpations by Rulers, are the unnaturallizings of nature, disfranchisements of Freedome. 2004 M. Chiu Flithy Fictions i. 14 She embodies a fear of women's bodies, an unnaturalizing of the natural. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1605 |
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