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Definitions for essence
ˈɛs ənsessence
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Princeton's WordNet
kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
essencenoun
any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
effect, essence, burden, core, gistnoun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
perfume, essencenoun
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
Wiktionary
essencenoun
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
essencenoun
A significant feature of something.
essencenoun
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
essencenoun
Fragrance, a perfume.
essencenoun
The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ESSENCEnoun
1.Essence is but the very nature of any being, whether it be actually existing or no: a rose in Winter has an essence; in Summer it has existence also. Isaac Watts Logick.
Etymology: essentia, Latin.
One thinks the soul is air; another, fire;
Another, blood diffus’d about the Heart;
Another faith, the elements conspire,
And to her essence each doth give a part. Davies.I could wish the nature of a spirit were more unknown to me than it is, that I might believe its existence, without meddling at all with its essence. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.
He wrote the nature of things upon their names: he could view essences in themselves, and read forms without the comment of their respective properties. Robert South, Sermons.
The visible church of Jesus is one in outward profession of those things, which supernaturally appertain to the very essence of Christianity, and are necessarily required in every particular Christian man. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 1.
In such cogitations have I stood, with such a darkness and heaviness of mind, that I might have been persuaded to have resigned my very essence. Philip Sidney.
As far as gods, and heav’nly essences
Can perish. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 138.Here be four of you, as differing as the four elements; and yet you are friends: as for Eupolis, because he is temperate, and without passion, he may be the fifth essence. Francis Bacon.
For spirits, when they please,
Can either sex assume, or both; so soft
And uncompounded is their essence pure;
Not ty’d or manacled with joint or limb. John Milton, Pa. Lost.She is my essence; and I leave to be,
If I be not by her fair influence
Foster’d, illumin’d, cherish’d, kept alive. William Shakespeare.Our humble province is to ’tend the fair;
To save the powder from too rude a gale,
Nor let th’ imprison’d essences exhale. Alexander Pope, Rape of the Lock.To Essenceverb
To perfume; to scent.
Etymology: from essence.
The husband rails, from morning to night, at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 128.
Wikipedia
Essence
Essence (Latin: essentia) is a polysemic term, that is, it may have significantly different meanings and uses. It is used in philosophy and theology as a designation for the property or set of properties or attributes that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property or attribute the entity or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity. The concept originates rigorously with Aristotle (although it can also be found in Plato), who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai (τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι, literally meaning "the what it was to be" and corresponding to the scholastic term quiddity) or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti (τὸ τί ἐστι, literally meaning "the what it is" and corresponding to the scholastic term (haecceity(thisness) for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for its Latin translators that they coined the word essentia (English "essence") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers, the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition (ὁρισμός horismos). In the history of Western philosophy, essence has often served as a vehicle for doctrines that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and properties; in this logical meaning, the concept has given a strong theoretical and common-sense basis to the whole family of logical theories based on the "possible worlds" analogy set up by Leibniz and developed in the intensional logic from Carnap to Kripke, which was later challenged by "extensionalist" philosophers such as Quine.
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essence
Essence refers to the fundamental nature or inherent characteristics of something or someone. It is the quality or feature which determines or distinguishes an entity's behavior, function, identity, or existence. Essence is often considered to be the 'core' or 'heart' of a matter, capturing its most important and defining aspects.
Webster Dictionary
Essencenoun
the constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence
Essencenoun
the constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts
Essencenoun
constituent substance
Essencenoun
a being; esp., a purely spiritual being
Essencenoun
the predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like
Essencenoun
perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume
Essenceverb
to perfume; to scent
Etymology: [F. essence, L. essentia, formed as if fr. a p. pr. of esse to be. See Is, and cf. Entity.]
Wikidata
Essence
In philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the entity or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity. The concept originates with Aristotle, who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai, literally 'the what it was to be', or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti, literally 'the what it is,' for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for his Latin translators that they coined the word essentia to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition. In the history of western thought, essence has often served as a vehicle for doctrines that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and properties; in this eminently logical meaning, the concept has given a strong theoretical and common-sense basis to the whole family of logical theories based on the "possible worlds" analogy set up by Leibniz and developed in the intensional logic from Carnap to Kripke, which was later challenged by "extensionalist" philosophers such as Quine.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Essence
es′ens, n. the inner distinctive nature of anything: the qualities which make any object what it is: a being: the extracted virtues of any drug: the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil: a perfume.—adj. Essen′tial, relating to or containing the essence: necessary to the existence of a thing: indispensable or important in the highest degree: highly rectified: pure.—n. something necessary: a leading principle.—n. Essential′ity, the quality of being essential: an essential part.—adv. Essen′tially.—n. Essen′tialness. [Fr.,—L. essentia—essens, -entis, assumed pr.p. of esse, to be.]
Editors Contribution
essence
The just and fair qualities of the universes truth expressed through our body, brain, heart, mind, soul, spirit, subconscious, conscience and consciousness.
The essence of our soul is the universes truth.
Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'essence' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4832
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'essence' in Nouns Frequency: #1879
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Anagrams for essence »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of essence in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of essence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of essence in a Sentence
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
It's a change in the business model that has been taking place in big cities. It's already happened in Paris, Florence, Venice, franchises generate economic activity, but the city's essence is lost, the essence that makes it different from other cities. It's called progress, but there are things whose value cannot be calculated.
I like to amplify what's already there and focus on that, like the weird facial expressions and the people behind them. I boil down the candidates almost to their essence, in a way. You can watch a five-minute video of mine and not learn anything about what their policy is. But I think you do get an understanding of what kind of person they might be.
There was going to be an agreement to welcome the. . . report, the US wanted to note it, which is saying in essence that we know The US's out there but we have no comment.
This all had to happen very, very quickly. Our contact on the ground told us that we had a window of about three hours, time was very much of the essence.
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- جَوهَر, جوهرArabic
- аромат, екстракт, есенция, парфюм, същност, същинаBulgarian
- bessóCatalan, Valencian
- esenceCzech
- essens, koncentratDanish
- WesenGerman
- esencoEsperanto
- extracto, esenciaSpanish
- جوهرPersian
- villakoiran ydin, olemus, esanssi, [[tärkeä]] [[piirre]], perusolemus, tuntomerkkiFinnish
- essenceFrench
- מהות, בושם, ניחוחHebrew
- सारHindi
- lényeg, eszencia, kivonatHungarian
- էությունArmenian
- essenzaItalian
- 本質Japanese
- სურნელებაGeorgian
- 본질Korean
- substantia, essentiaLatin
- tinoMāori
- essenzaMaltese
- essence, essentie, wezen, aftreksel, parfumDutch
- essensenNorwegian
- istotaPolish
- fragrância, essênciaPortuguese
- суть, эссенция, существо, [[важный, аромат, экстракт, сущность, концентратRussian
- суштина, есенција, бит, bit, esencija, suštinaSerbo-Croatian
- esenca, bistvoSlovene
- mchakatoSwahili
- แก่นแท้Thai
- сутністьUkrainian
- תּוךYiddish
- 本质Chinese
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