“natured” is a form of
nature
UK /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə/ · US /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms natures naturing natured natuer
- noun (uncountable, often capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology. “Nature doesn't lie.”
- noun The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort. “It's not in my nature to steal.”
- noun The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc. “What was the nature of your relationship with the deceased?”
- noun (UK military, obsolete) Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.
- noun The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
- noun The need to urinate and defecate. “I hear the call of nature.”
- noun (now chiefly African-American Vernacular) Sexual desire.
- noun (now chiefly UK regional and African-American Vernacular) Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
- verb (obsolete, transitive) To endow with natural qualities.
- proper noun The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus.
Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kynde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind. Also displaced native Old English hād (“nature, manner”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
- noun The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; --often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence.
- verb To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.]
Etymology [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p.p. of nasci to be born. See Nation.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “nature”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details