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To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion. Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted. Bacon. Minting mill, a coining press.

the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed. They considered not the miracle of the loaves. Mark vi. 52.

Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.

o lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke.

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.

is formed; composing substance; material. The etherial mold, Incapable of stain. Milton. Nature formed me of her softest mold. Addison.

A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.

A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.

The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.

Having but one and the same nature or essence.

h, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon.

The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South. A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. Adanson (Trans. ).

Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.

Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.

Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature. Take these tears, mortality's relief. Pope.

Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack. Nothing so impossible in nature but mountebanks will undertake. Arbuthnot.

Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

Many-minded; many-sided. The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell.

Having the nature of a gift. [Obs.]