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dis·na·ture
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verb (used with object),
dis·na·tured,
dis·na·tur·ing.
to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
<
Anglo-French,
Middle French
desnaturer,
equivalent to
des-
dis-
1
+
-naturer,
verbal derivative of
nature
nature
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