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▪ I. † disˈnatural, a. Obs.
[ad. OF. desnaturel (in Godef.), f. des-, dis- 4 + naturel natural a.]
Contrary to nature, unnatural.
[1292Britton i. xxxii. §22 Si tiels clers..soint a eus desnaturels.] c1430Lydg. Bochas i. i. (1544) 2 b, To beholde a thing disnaturall. c1477Caxton Jason 10 Ryght myserable and right disnaturall enuie. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iv. 223 Atheisme is a proposition so disnatural, monstrose and difficult to be establisht.
Hence † disˈnaturalness, unnatural behaviour.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vii, Iason..Receyued hath penan tallionis Of the goddes for his disnaturelnesse.
▪ II. † disˈnatural, v. Obs.
[in a. f. prec. adj.; in b. f. dis- 8 + natural a.: cf. next.]
a. trans. or intr. To make or become unnatural; to brutalize.
b. trans. = denaturalize 2, disnaturalize.
1549Compl. Scotl. viii. 73 Al pepil ar disnaturalit fra there gude nature..ȝe ar mair disnaturellit nor is brutal beystis. 1588R. Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 70 Vpon paine to bee disnaturalled of the countrie. |