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    good nature
    [ noun ]
    a cheerful, obliging disposition
    <noun.attribute>


    Good \Good\, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words,
    though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are
    from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS.
    g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god,
    Goth. g[=o]ds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and
    akin to E. gather. [root]29 Cf. {Gather}.]
    1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end
    designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness;
    serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable;
    commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive,
    or troublesome, etc.

    And God saw everything that he had made, and behold,
    it was very good. --Gen. i. 31.

    Good company, good wine, good welcome. --Shak.

    2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious;
    religious; -- said of persons or actions.

    In all things showing thyself a pattern of good
    works. --Tit. ii. 7.

    3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite;
    propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by
    to or toward, also formerly by unto.

    The men were very good unto us. --1 Sam. xxv.
    15.

    4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be
    relied upon; -- followed especially by for.

    All quality that is good for anything is founded
    originally in merit. --Collier.

    5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed
    especially by at.

    He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
    --Shak.

    Those are generally good at flattering who are good
    for nothing else. --South.

    6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious;
    valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the
    discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary
    ability; of unimpaired credit.

    My reasons are both good and weighty. --Shak.

    My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that
    he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
    --Shak.

    7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest;
    in good sooth.

    Love no man in good earnest. --Shak.

    8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable;
    esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good
    degree, a good share or part, etc.

    9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.

    Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and
    running over. --Luke vi. 38.

    10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied;
    as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good
    repute, etc.

    A good name is better than precious ointment.
    --Eccl. vii.
    1.

    {As good as}. See under {As}.

    {For good}, or {For good and all}, completely and finally;
    fully; truly.

    The good woman never died after this, till she came
    to die for good and all. --L'Estrange.

    {Good breeding}, polite or polished manners, formed by
    education; a polite education.

    Distinguished by good humor and good breeding.
    --Macaulay.

    {Good cheap}, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.

    {Good consideration} (Law).
    (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and
    affection. --Blackstone.
    (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a
    contract.

    {Good fellow}, a person of companionable qualities.
    [Familiar]

    {Good folk}, {or Good people}, fairies; brownies; pixies,
    etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.]

    {Good for nothing}.
    (a) Of no value; useless; worthless.
    (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.

    My father always said I was born to be a good
    for nothing. --Ld. Lytton.

    {Good Friday}, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches
    as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or
    suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion.

    {Good humor}, or {Good-humor}, a cheerful or pleasant temper
    or state of mind.

    {Good humor man}, a travelling vendor who sells Good Humor
    ice-cream (or some similar ice-cream) from a small
    refrigerated truck; he usually drives slowly through
    residential neighborhoods in summertime, loudly playing
    some distinctive recorded music to announce his presence.
    [U. S.]

    {Good nature}, or {Good-nature}, habitual kindness or
    mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of
    being in good humor.

    The good nature and generosity which belonged to his
    character. --Macaulay.

    The young count's good nature and easy
    persuadability were among his best characteristics.
    --Hawthorne.

    {Good people}. See {Good folk} (above).

    {Good speed}, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old
    form of wishing success. See {Speed}.

    {Good turn}, an act of kidness; a favor.

    {Good will}.
    (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling.
    (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the
    tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and
    others, to resort to an established place of
    business; the advantage accruing from tendency or
    inclination.

    The good will of a trade is nothing more than
    the probability that the old customers will
    resort to the old place. --Lord Eldon.

    {In good time}.
    (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor
    too late.
    (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time.

    {To hold good}, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to
    remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the
    condition still holds good.

    {To make good}, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to
    supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or
    verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to
    clear; to vindicate.

    Each word made good and true. --Shak.

    Of no power to make his wishes good. --Shak.

    I . . . would by combat make her good. --Shak.

    Convenient numbers to make good the city. --Shak.

    {To think good}, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with;
    to consider expedient or proper.

    If ye think good, give me my price; and if not,
    forbear. --Zech. xi.
    12.

    Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in
    greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night,
    good evening, good morning, etc.


    Nature \Na"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus
    born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.]
    1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter,
    energy, time and space; the physical world; all of
    creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its
    mental and social phenomena.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    But looks through nature up to nature's God. --Pope.

    When, in the course of human Events, it becomes
    necessary for one People to dissolve the Political
    Bonds which have connected them with another, ans to
    assume among the powers of the earth the separate
    and equal Station which the Laws of Nature and of
    Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the
    Opinions of Mankind requires that they should
    declare the causes that impel them to the
    Separation. --Declaration
    of
    Independence

    Nature has caprices which art can not imitate.
    --Macaulay.

    2. The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the
    powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the
    total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the
    processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of
    as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of
    all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a
    creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature;
    the forces of nature.

    I oft admire
    How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
    Such disproportions. --Milton.

    3. The established or regular course of things; usual order
    of events; connection of cause and effect.

    4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from
    that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual
    experience.

    One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
    --Shak.

    5. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or
    thing what it is, as distinct from others; native
    character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes;
    peculiar constitution or quality of being.

    Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem,
    Their nature also to thy nature join,
    And be thyself man among men on earth. --Milton.

    6. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.

    A dispute of this nature caused mischief. --Dryden.

    7. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the
    natural life. ``My days of nature.'' --Shak.

    Oppressed nature sleeps. --Shak.

    8. Natural affection or reverence.

    Have we not seen
    The murdering son ascend his parent's bed,
    Through violated nature force his way? --Pope.

    9. Constitution or quality of mind or character.

    A born devil, on whose nature
    Nurture can never stick. --Shak.

    That reverence which is due to a superior nature.
    --Addison.

    {Good nature}, {Ill nature}. see under {Good} and {Ill}.

    {In a state of nature}.
    (a) Naked as when born; nude.
    (b) In a condition of sin; unregenerate.
    (c) Untamed; uncivilized.

    {Nature printing}, a process of printing from metallic or
    other plates which have received an impression, as by
    heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the
    like.

    {Nature worship}, the worship of the personified powers of
    nature.

    {To pay the debt of nature}, to die.

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