Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Nature (-s, -'s)
nature (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. < L. 'birth, constitution, character, course of things'.]
- World; earthly law; order of the universe.
- Self; psyche; being.
- Habit; inherent characteristic; normal trait; typical way of being.
- Essence; substance; constitution; makeup.
- Person; character; creature; entity; mortal; someone; soul; individual; human being.
- Deity; the Creator; the Supreme Being.
- Reality; cosmos; [definition poem by ED] vision, paradise, sound, concord, and consciousness.
- Providence; the earth with its beauty and sustenance.
- Dasein; physics; eternal matter; law of the material dimension.
- 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.
- Existence; the ambiance; the air; the atmosphere.
- Disposition; character; personality.
- Physical law.
- Phrase. “Human Nature”: fallibility; frailty; weakness; infirmity; personal folly.
- Phrase. “Human Nature”: mortality; company of others; the society of living people.
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