the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > of a substance (3)
= mode, n. 6. Obsolete. rare.
Philosophy. A manner or state of being of a thing; a thing considered as possessing certain non-essential attributes which may be changed without…
Philosophy. = mode, n. 6. Now only in the fuller forms modus essendi or (less commonly) modus existendi.