Esse

//ˈɛsi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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