Esse
//ˈɛsi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Essence, essential nature.
"Hence it is that the Univerſe, which was created from his Eſſe, and which regarded as to Uſes is his Image, obtained theſe three in all and ſingular the Things appertaining to it."
Example
More examples"Hence it is that the Univerſe, which was created from his Eſſe, and which regarded as to Uſes is his Image, obtained theſe three in all and ſingular the Things appertaining to it."
Etymology
From Latin esse.
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