Definition of essence

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Essence (n.) 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..

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Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
Definition :: Definition (n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
Differentia :: Differentia (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
Core :: Core (n.) The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject..
Formal :: Formal (a.) Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc..
Essence :: Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being..
Divinity :: Divinity (a.) The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
Unessential :: Unessential (a.) Void of essence, or real being..
Godhood :: Godhood (n.) Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
Alcohol :: Alcohol (n.) The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
Quintessence :: Quintessence (n.) The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment..
Coessential :: Coessential (a.) Partaking of the same essence.
Modal :: Modal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6..
Tautoousious :: Tautoousious (a.) Having the same essence; being identically of the same nature.
Essential :: Essential (a.) Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil..
Coumarin :: Coumarin (n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially..
Formality :: Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
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