Emily Dickinson Lexicon

nature (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. < L. 'birth, constitution, character, course of things'.]

1. World; earthly law; order of the universe.
2. Self; psyche; being.
3. Habit; inherent characteristic; normal trait; typical way of being.
4. Essence; substance; constitution; makeup.
5. Person; character; creature; entity; mortal; someone; soul; individual; human being.
6. Deity; the Creator; the Supreme Being.
7. Reality; cosmos; [definition poem by ED] vision, paradise, sound, concord, and consciousness.
8. Providence; the earth with its beauty and sustenance.
9. Dasein; physics; eternal matter; law of the material dimension.
10. Creation; the earth; the non-human aspects of the planet, such as plants, animals, weather, and so forth; [personification] the goddess who rules the seasons.
11. Existence; the ambiance; the air; the atmosphere.
12. Disposition; character; personality.
13. Physical law.
14. Phrase. “Human Nature”: fallibility; frailty; weakness; infirmity; personal folly.
15. Phrase. “Human Nature”: mortality; company of others; the society of living people.