nature

1. n. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect. Source: opted

4. n. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience. Source: opted

5. n. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being. Source: opted

6. n. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality. Source: opted

7. n. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. Source: opted

8. n. Natural affection or reverence. Source: opted

9. n. Constitution or quality of mind or character. Source: opted

10. v. t. To endow with natural qualities. Source: opted

11. n. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized Source: wordnet

12. n. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe Source: wordnet

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