NATURE
none. 1 thing`s or person`s innate or essential qualities or character. 2 (often nature) a physical power causing all material phenomena. B these phenomena. 3 kind or class (things of this nature). 4 inherent impulses determining character or action. ? by nature innately. In (or by) the nature of things 1 inevitable. 2 inevitably. [latin natura: related to *natal]