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Mother Nature

Mother Nature n. see sense 4f.

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Mother Nature

f. Nature regarded as a fundamental, esp. protecting or nurturing, force. Chiefly personified in Mother Nature.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > nature > personified as a female being

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motherc1525

workmistress1568

Dame Nature1669

c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Ai Nature..is mother of all thing.

1550 R. Sherry tr. Erasmus Declam. Chyldren in Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Gvi^v To manye dumme beastes, nature the mother of all thynges, hath geuen more helpe to do theyr natural offices.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Mvi They..thankfully knouledge y^e tender loue of mother nature.

1598 T. James tr. G. Du Vair Moral Philos. Stoicks 22 Shall we thinke that nature, the mother of Arts and Sciences, hath proposed vnto man..an end, which it is vnpossible for him to come vnto?

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 27 Whereas mother Nature hath interlaced so riotously her golden and siluer veines in the bosome and wombe of Peru.

1629 F. Hubert Hist. Edward II lxvi Our Mother Nature..By whom we haue our apt Organons assign'd.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 249 Our good and gracious Mother Nature, is said to send no Poison, but she provides an Antidote.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 5 Nature, a mother kind alike to all.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 18 This Inspector..seemed—not young, indeed—but a kind of new contrivance of Mother Nature in the shape of man, whom age and infirmity had no business to touch.

1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xviii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 452 And now in happier air, Wandering with the great Mother's train divine.

1904 J. London Sea-wolf xvii. 158 Old Mother Nature's going to get up on her hind legs and howl for all that's in her.

1958 J. Barth End of Road xi. 188 Like a lot of small towns, Wicomico is dead set against frustrating Mother Nature.

1990 Health Guardian May 3/2 Would Mother Nature..ever have anticipated the multitude of environmental stresses that modern urban society causes to be imposed on us?

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Mother Nature

b. Usually with capital initial. This power personified as a female being. Frequently as Dame Nature or Mother Nature.

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c1390 G. Chaucer Physician's Tale 9 Nature hath with souereyn diligence Yformed hire in so greet excellence As thogh she wolde seyn, ‘lo! I, nature, Thus kan I forme and peynte a creature.’

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 1588 (MED) Þe whyte with þe rede..So Ioyned wer..By thempres þat callyd is Nature.

c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 80 Nature had a joye her to behelde.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 43 Without nature may nothinge growe, and by her haue alle thinges created lyf.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1381 (MED) That fylde thus rewlyd Reson with Sadnes, Mawgre Dame Nature for all her carnall myght.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 32 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 Yir sauoruss seidis War nurist be dame natur.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.v Wherfore prudent lady nature ful wysely hath prouided..a continual course and resort of blud.

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 5020 Graues..waxis grene As Nature, throw hir craftis kene, Schroudis thameself with thare floures.

1602 J. Brereton Briefe Relation Discouerie Virginia 8 Euen the most wooddy places..doe grow so distinct and apart, one tree from another, vpon greene grassie ground..as if Nature would shew herselfe aboue her power, artificiall.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 14 Flowres which only Dame Nature trauels with.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 272 How dame Nature came thus to miscarry in her plastics.

1718 I. Watts Hymn i Nature with open volume stands, To spread her Maker's praise abroad.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 600 Some note of Nature's music from his lips.

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 252/2 Nature with her burning sun, her stilled and pent-up wind.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 205 In the application of her own principles, Nature often transcends the human imagination.

1881 Spectator 22 Jan. 119 Dame Nature arose... She ‘Boycotted’ London from Kew to Mile End.

1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 572/3 Dame Nature is so careful to preserve this whole heritage intact that this process of cell division..is a fine example of scrupulously exact partition of materials.

1962 R. E. Fitch Odyssey of Self-centred Self iv. 129 We reject the Father God, and turn to Mother Nature.

1990 Health Guardian May 3/2 Would Mother Nature..ever have anticipated the multitude of environmental stresses that modern urban society causes to be imposed on us?

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单词	mother nature
释义	> as lemmas Mother Nature Mother Nature n. see sense 4f. extracted from mothern.¹int. Mother Nature f. Nature regarded as a fundamental, esp. protecting or nurturing, force. Chiefly personified in Mother Nature. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > nature > personified as a female being naturea1393 motherc1525 workmistress1568 Dame Nature1669 c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Ai Nature..is mother of all thing. 1550 R. Sherry tr. Erasmus Declam. Chyldren in Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Gvi^v To manye dumme beastes, nature the mother of all thynges, hath geuen more helpe to do theyr natural offices. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Mvi They..thankfully knouledge y^e tender loue of mother nature. 1598 T. James tr. G. Du Vair Moral Philos. Stoicks 22 Shall we thinke that nature, the mother of Arts and Sciences, hath proposed vnto man..an end, which it is vnpossible for him to come vnto? 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 27 Whereas mother Nature hath interlaced so riotously her golden and siluer veines in the bosome and wombe of Peru. 1629 F. Hubert Hist. Edward II lxvi Our Mother Nature..By whom we haue our apt Organons assign'd. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 249 Our good and gracious Mother Nature, is said to send no Poison, but she provides an Antidote. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 5 Nature, a mother kind alike to all. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 18 This Inspector..seemed—not young, indeed—but a kind of new contrivance of Mother Nature in the shape of man, whom age and infirmity had no business to touch. 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xviii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 452 And now in happier air, Wandering with the great Mother's train divine. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xvii. 158 Old Mother Nature's going to get up on her hind legs and howl for all that's in her. 1958 J. Barth End of Road xi. 188 Like a lot of small towns, Wicomico is dead set against frustrating Mother Nature. 1990 Health Guardian May 3/2 Would Mother Nature..ever have anticipated the multitude of environmental stresses that modern urban society causes to be imposed on us? extracted from mothern.¹int. Mother Nature b. Usually with capital initial. This power personified as a female being. Frequently as Dame Nature or Mother Nature. ΚΠ c1390 G. Chaucer Physician's Tale 9 Nature hath with souereyn diligence Yformed hire in so greet excellence As thogh she wolde seyn, ‘lo! I, nature, Thus kan I forme and peynte a creature.’ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 1588 (MED) Þe whyte with þe rede..So Ioyned wer..By thempres þat callyd is Nature. c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 80 Nature had a joye her to behelde. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 43 Without nature may nothinge growe, and by her haue alle thinges created lyf. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1381 (MED) That fylde thus rewlyd Reson with Sadnes, Mawgre Dame Nature for all her carnall myght. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 32 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 Yir sauoruss seidis War nurist be dame natur. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.v Wherfore prudent lady nature ful wysely hath prouided..a continual course and resort of blud. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 5020 Graues..waxis grene As Nature, throw hir craftis kene, Schroudis thameself with thare floures. 1602 J. Brereton Briefe Relation Discouerie Virginia 8 Euen the most wooddy places..doe grow so distinct and apart, one tree from another, vpon greene grassie ground..as if Nature would shew herselfe aboue her power, artificiall. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 14 Flowres which only Dame Nature trauels with. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 272 How dame Nature came thus to miscarry in her plastics. 1718 I. Watts Hymn i Nature with open volume stands, To spread her Maker's praise abroad. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 600 Some note of Nature's music from his lips. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 252/2 Nature with her burning sun, her stilled and pent-up wind. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 205 In the application of her own principles, Nature often transcends the human imagination. 1881 Spectator 22 Jan. 119 Dame Nature arose... She ‘Boycotted’ London from Kew to Mile End. 1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 572/3 Dame Nature is so careful to preserve this whole heritage intact that this process of cell division..is a fine example of scrupulously exact partition of materials. 1962 R. E. Fitch Odyssey of Self-centred Self iv. 129 We reject the Father God, and turn to Mother Nature. 1990 Health Guardian May 3/2 Would Mother Nature..ever have anticipated the multitude of environmental stresses that modern urban society causes to be imposed on us? extracted from naturen. < as lemmas
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