Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disnature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-na-ture
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It is not the soul's nature to leave the body; rather, the body (disnatured by the Fall) deserts the soul."
"The truth has been disnatured by its legal setting: Caleb's appeal to the conscience is not an instrument of ' true ' justice but, in spite of all he can do to prevent it, an act of revenge against the institution of aristocracy ."
"Naturally, no one has disnatured all of nature before. Destroying and remaking all of existence is unique, unparalleled."

Etymology

From dis- + nature.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

disnatures (present, singular) disnaturing (participle, present) disnatured (participle, past) disnatured (past)

Synonyms

denature

Questions

What does disnature mean?: Synonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).
Where does disnature come from?: From dis- + nature.

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