Unessence

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of essence; that which is not essence. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of its essential nature. transitive

    "Not only does truth, in these long intervals, unessence herself, but (what is harder) one cannot venture a crude fiction for the fear that it may ripen into a truth upon the voyage."

Example

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"Not only does truth, in these long intervals, unessence herself, but (what is harder) one cannot venture a crude fiction for the fear that it may ripen into a truth upon the voyage."

Etymology

From un- + essence.

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