Definitions for the word "nature" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Natural affection or reverence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
Constitution or quality of mind or character.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To endow with natural qualities.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 thing''s or person''s innate or essential qualities or character. 2 (often nature) a physical power causing all material phenomena. B these phenomena. 3 kind or class (things of this nature). 4 inherent impulses determining character or action. by nature innately. In (or by) the nature of things 1 inevitable. 2 inevitably. [latin natura: related to *natal]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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