Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
By birth, innate, or according to nature.
Modern meaning
Existing in nature; often implying wholesome or trustworthy.
Research lens
A strong case for the archive's power-word section because it often works as a halo word rather than a precise explanation.
Meaning trail
Root
of birth or nature
The category began broad and descriptive.
Older sense
innate or inborn
Philosophy and law used it heavily.
Now
nature-linked and often trusted
The word now carries a soft halo effect.