Ens vs Eny - What's the difference?
ens | eny |
(philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
* 1860 , John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion , page 195:
Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.
*2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 245:
*:Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses' or '''''entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […].
* {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Various, title=Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1., chapter=, edition=
, passage=FREE--and that the schulehouses war a d--d sight thicker than the bugs in Miles Privett's beds! and thet's saying a heap, for ef eny on you kin sleep in his house, excep' he takes to the soft side of the floor, I'm d--d. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=C. C. Goodwin, title=The Wedge of Gold, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Ther stranger pays fur eny bow they make, for any smile they give. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Al. G. Field, title=Watch Yourself Go By, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Why, he kin sing eny' song and do ent cut-up antik ' eny of 'em kin. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1916, author=Peggy Edmund & Harold W. Williams, compilers, title=Toaster's Handbook, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Does de white folks in youah neighborhood keep eny chickens, Br'er Rastus?" }}
As a determiner eny is
.ens
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Etymology 1
From . See entity.Noun
(en-noun)- the Nature of the Supreme Ens
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.Noun
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* ----eny
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