Definition of Supernetural
Su`per*nat"u*ral (?), a. [Pref.
super- + natural: cf. OF. supernaturel, F.
surnaturel.] Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws
of nature; miraculous.
Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural,
Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside
nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature.
What is very greatly aside from the ordinary course of things is
preternatural; what is above or beyond the established laws of
the universe is supernatural. The dark day which terrified all
Europe nearly a century ago was preternatural; the resurrection
of the dead is supernatural. "That form which the earth is
under at present is preternatural, like a statue made and
broken again." T. Burnet. "Cures wrought by medicines are
natural operations; but the miraculous ones wrought by Christ and his
apostles were supernatural." Boyle.
That is supernatural, whether it be, that is
either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on
the chain of cause and effect in nature, from without the
chain. Bushnell.
We must not view creation as supernatural, but
we do look upon it as miraculous. McCosh.
The supernatural, whatever is above and
beyond the scope, or the established course, of the laws of
nature. "Nature and the supernatural." H.
Bushnell.
Su`per*nat"u*ral (?), a. [Pref.
super- + natural: cf. OF. supernaturel, F.
surnaturel.] Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws
of nature; miraculous.
Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural,
Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside
nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature.
What is very greatly aside from the ordinary course of things is
preternatural; what is above or beyond the established laws of
the universe is supernatural. The dark day which terrified all
Europe nearly a century ago was preternatural; the resurrection
of the dead is supernatural. "That form which the earth is
under at present is preternatural, like a statue made and
broken again." T. Burnet. "Cures wrought by medicines are
natural operations; but the miraculous ones wrought by Christ and his
apostles were supernatural." Boyle.
That is supernatural, whether it be, that is
either not in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on
the chain of cause and effect in nature, from without the
chain. Bushnell.
We must not view creation as supernatural, but
we do look upon it as miraculous. McCosh.
The supernatural, whatever is above and
beyond the scope, or the established course, of the laws of
nature. "Nature and the supernatural." H.
Bushnell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by God or some force beyond that which humans are born with. In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
- Something that is not of the usual. Something that is somehow not natural, or has been altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.
- Something for which there is neither ocular proof nor is measurable. For example, even though electromagnetic waves, subnuclear particles, et cetera may not be visible, yet they are measurable and their existence can be repetitively tested. However, we cannot either see or measure a ghost.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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