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Of the nature of wormwood. "Absinthian bitterness." T. Randolph.

Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. "Absonant to nature." Quarles.

An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions.

Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor.

d in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Lowell.

Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

Of the nature of aconite.

The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws. Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerable branch of physics. Sir J. Herschel.

acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Of the nature of, or containing, actinolite.

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.

Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797)

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence.

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

on; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.