Na"ture, v. t. To endow with natural qualities. [Obs.]

He [God] which natureth every kind.

Gower.

Na"tured (?; 135), a. Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition;

disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.

Na"ture*less (?), a. Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. [Obs.]

Milton.

Na"tur*ism (?), n. (Med.) The belief or doctrine that attributes

everything to nature as a sanative agent.

Na"tur*ist, n. One who believes in, or conforms to, the theory of

naturism. Boyle.

Na*tu"ri*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being produced by nature.

[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Na"tur*ize (?), v. t. To endow with a nature or qualities; to refer to

nature. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Nau"frage (?; 48), n. [F., fr. L. naufragium; navis + frangere.]

Shipwreck; ruin. [Obs.] acon.

Nau"fra*gous (?), a. [L. naufragus. See Naufrage.] causing shipwreck.

[Obs.] r. Taylor.

Naught (?), n. [OE. naught, nought, naht, nawiht, AS. n&?;wiht,

n&?;uht, n&?;ht; ne not + &?; ever + wiht thing, whit; hence, not ever

a whit. See No, adv. Whit, and cf. Aught, Not.] 1. Nothing. [Written

also nought.]

Doth Job fear God for naught?

Job i. 9.

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