Definition of essence

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Essence (n.) Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.

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Elixir :: Elixir (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.
Unessential :: Unessential (n.) Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion..
Core :: Core (n.) The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject..
Extract :: Extract (n.) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark..
Medulla :: Medulla (n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence..
Differentia :: Differentia (n.) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
Godhood :: Godhood (n.) Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
Essenced :: Essenced (imp. & p. p.) of Essenc.
Essence :: Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like..
Virtual :: Virtual (a.) Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute..
Essential :: Essential (a.) Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is..
Quintessential :: Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
Homoiousian :: Homoiousian (n.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian..
Cream :: Cream (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures..
Formality :: Formality (n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
Privative :: Privative (n.) That of which the essence is the absence of something.
Stuff :: Stuff (v. t.) The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
Quintessence :: Quintessence (n.) Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence..
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