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disnature

American  
[dis-ney-cher] / dɪsˈneɪ tʃər /

verb (used with object)

disnatured, disnaturing

  1. to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.

Etymology

Origin of disnature

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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