essen.
/ˈɛsiː/ 1. In medieval Latin phrase in esse, in actual existence; opposed to in posse, in potentiality.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb]
in truthc1330
in faitha1375
in good faitha1393
in casea1398
in effectc1405
indeed1412
effectually1420
actually?a1425
really?a1425
of a truth1494
bottom1531
for a truth?1532
in fact1592
authentically1593
in esse1597
de facto1602
essentially1604
in nature1605
in point of fact1628
positively1649
in point of event1650
effectively1652
honestly1675
entally1691
reely1792
objectively1796
fairlyc1804
in actual fact1824
factually1852
naturally1858
transactionally1866
'smatter of fact1922
1597 J. Howson Serm. 31 Our spirituall preferments in esse and in posse.
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F3v Like a king in Esse, now this night, Lets make a hostile vprore in the Court.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 169 Some one, that may by common possibility..be in esse at or before the particular estate determines.
1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 16 All natural persons who are in esse at the time when a will is made.
2.
a. Essence, essential nature.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]
pitheOE
i-cundeeOE
roota1325
substancec1330
juicec1380
marrowa1382
formc1385
acta1398
quidditya1398
substantial forma1398
inward1398
savourc1400
inwardc1450
allaya1456
essencya1475
being1521
bottom1531
spirit?1534
summary1548
ecceity1549
core1556
flower1568
formality1570
sum and substance1572
alloy1594
soul1598
inwardness1605
quid1606
fibre1607
selfness1611
whatness1611
essentialityc1616
propera1626
the whole shot1628
substantiala1631
esse1642
entity1643
virtuality1646
ingeny1647
quoddity1647
intimacy1648
ens1649
inbeing1661
essence1667
interiority1701
intrinsic1716
stamen1758
character1761
quidditas1782
hyparxis1792
rasa1800
bone1829
what1861
isness1865
inscape1868
as-suchness1909
Wesen1959
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. v. 16 The very esse of every Synod doth subsist in a double foundation.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Esse [in the school philosophy] is used in the same sense with essence; principally for that which is actual, or actually existing.
1920 Life of Faith 23 June 619/2 The great missionary meeting on the Saturday morning..is not the esse of the movement.
1929 I. M. Clark Hist. Church Discipline in Scotl. 208 Some form of law will be necessary to regulate her [sc. the Church's] life and protect that distinctive character which is her esse.
b. Esp. in contrast with bene esse. Cf. well-being n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun]
being1340
statec1384
essencion?a1400
existencea1425
essencya1475
existency1548
essentie1552
essence1576
entity1596
existing1616
esse1621
beingness1662
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 170 How many poore Schollers haue lost their wits..neglecting all worldly affaires, and their owne health, wealth, esse, and benè esse to gaine knowledge?
1899 Daily News 21 Oct. 7/1 So long as your clergy believe that Episcopacy is essential not only to the bene esse, but to the esse of the Church.
1958 Listener 12 June 977/1 No Anglican could possibly dream of claiming that Establishment..is of the esse of the Church. Our question is simply whether it is of its bene esse.
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