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单词 disnature
释义

disnaturev.

/dɪsˈneɪtjʊə/
Etymology: < Old French desnaturer to change in nature, or change the nature of (Godefroy), ‘to make vnnaturall’ (Cotgrave), Italian disnaturare . See dis- prefix 1d and nature n.
1. intransitive. To get into, or be in, an unnatural or disordered condition; to be unhealthy. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xii. 37 So..trauaylleth phisyque to brynge Nature to poynt that disnatureth in mannes body whan ony maladye or sekenes encombreth hit.
2. transitive. To render unnatural; to deprive of natural quality, character, appearance, etc.
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
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxiii. 425 Ymage repaired and disnatured fro kynde, holde thy pees.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 527 There are many..who thinke to honour their nature, by disnaturing themselues.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 118 A sister disnatured of all kin, hastening to be the voluntary accuser of her father.

Derivatives

disˈnatured adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural
wicked13..
innaturalc1400
monstruousc1425
wick?c1425
disnaturalc1430
monstrousa1464
unnatural1516
natureless1548
prodigious1569
non-natural1650
disnatured1764
1764 C. Churchill Gotham iii. 2 Can the stern Mother..From her disnatur'd breast, tear her young child?
1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 161 The disnatured skin Showed livid, flecked with crimson.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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