Nature
Definition of nature:
part of speech: noun
Established order of things; the universe; essential qualities; native disposition; character.
part of speech: noun
The power which creates and which presides over the material world: the established order of things: the universe: the essential qualities of anything: constitution: species: character: natural disposition: conformity to that which is natural: a mind, or character: nakedness.
part of speech: noun
That which is the source or essence of life; the forces that create; as, the laws of nature; the universe; original or essential qualities; kind; as, everything of this nature; usual or necessary order of things; constitution; personal character or disposition; normal affection; lack of culture; wildness.
Usage examples for nature:
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Of what nature could it be?
"East Lynne", Mrs. Henry Wood. -
I deceived myself when I said I wanted a child- of my own- to satisfy my emotional nature
"Possessed", Cleveland Moffett. -
All nature was still.
"The Great Mogul", Louis Tracy. -
Go now and leave them, said the man who was a priest by nature
"The Perpetual Curate", Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant.