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essence | consubstantial |

As a noun essence

is (senseid)the inherent nature of a thing or idea.

As an adjective consubstantial is

of the same substance or essence.

essence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
  • * Landor
    • The laws are at present, both in form and essence , the greatest curse that society labours under.
  • * Addison
    • Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
  • * Courthorpe
    • The essence of Addison's humour is irony.
  • (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
  • Constituent substance.
  • * Milton
    • Uncompounded is their essence pure.
  • A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
  • * Milton
    • As far as gods and heavenly essences / Can perish.
  • * Washington Irving
    • He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences , until he had an ideal world of his own around him.
  • A significant feature of something.
  • The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
  • * essence of Jojoba
  • Fragrance, a perfume.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Nor let the essences exhale.

    Derived terms

    * in essence * of the essence; time is of the essence

    Related terms

    * essential * essentialism * quintessential

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    consubstantial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the same substance or essence.
  • * , II.18:
    • I have no more made my booke, then my booke hath made me. A booke consubstantiall to his Author.

    Usage notes

    * Used especially of the three persons of the Christian Trinity

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989