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    [Adjective]  | "pre*ter*nat*u*ral" | \ ˌprē-tər-ˈna-chə-rəl \


    1: existing outside of nature

    2: exceeding what is natural or regular : extraordinary

    3: inexplicable by ordinary means; especially : psychic


    Origin: 1580 ;

     Medieval Latin praeternaturalis, from Latin praeter naturam beyond nature;

    [Adjective]  | "preternatural" 


    1: being out of the ordinary;


      * e.g., " ... an editor with a preternatural sense of what will interest the book-buying public "





    2: of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe;


      * e.g., " ... an investigator of preternatural phenomena "





    3: being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature;


      * e.g., " ... a preternatural ability to predict how the stock market will perform "



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     [ "preternatural" ]

    1: supernatural

      * e.g.,  ... All those around Hester Prynne's daughter - Pearl, sensed the latter's preternatural power. 

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