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of (also in) the nature of
a. of (also in) the nature of: of the type, form, or character of; similar to, like; equivalent to, classifiable as.
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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 95v Þai [sc. haemorrhoids] be take away litel by litel wiþ swete or soft corrosyuez, as beþ þo þat ar of þe nature of salt as sal gemme.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 266 All metallis..is of the nature of colouris.
1499 Contempl. Synners (de Worde) sig. Piii Solace shall be sure Not of the nature of worldly varyaunce.
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 100 (margin) A good cooke is in the nature of a good phisitian.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 315 A peace is of the nature of a conquest. View more context for this quotation
1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 457 A rich gold campane, which is in the nature of a fringe.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. Introd. p. i That the slightest possible Presumption, is of the nature of a Probability, appears from hence.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. Ded. p. iv Your Desires are to me in the Nature of Commands.
1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1085 A Quo warranto being in the nature of a writ of right.
1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 217 The earthquake is really of the nature of a wave.
1937 J. Marquand Thank you, Mr. Moto iv. 28 I'd put him above the old Marshall of Manchuria for brains, which is in the nature of a compliment.
1961 L. MacNeice Solstices 63 With single tickets only, Our journey still in the nature of a surprise.
1998 E. Field Frieze for Temple of Love 180 Any poet turning out human Is in the nature of a miracle.
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