Definition of essence

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Essence (n.) The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence..

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Extract :: Extract (n.) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
Homoousian :: Homoousian (n.) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian..
Bergamot :: Bergamot (n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
Modal :: Modal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) That which is extracted; extract; essence.
Nitrobenzene :: Nitrobenzene (n.) A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol..
Godhead :: Godhead (n.) Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
Materially :: Materially (adv.) In its essence; substantially.
Virtual :: Virtual (a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute..
Essentiate :: Essentiate (v. i.) To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.
Privative :: Privative (n.) That of which the essence is the absence of something.
Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
Quintessence :: Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence..
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..
Quintessential :: Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Formality :: Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
Essence :: Essence (n.) Constituent substance.
Monoousious :: Monoousious (a.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.
Essence :: Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being..
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