essences

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His hours are devoted to the extraction of essences -- to no black magic.

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  1. noun The intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something.
  2. noun The most important ingredient; the crucial element.
  3. noun The inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things.

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  • Recycling limits you to "essences," she says.Read the whole thing and view the slide show.
  • We must recall that science does not concern itself with essences--no explanation of the mind will ever answer the sort of existential questions about why we are here, how we should live, what is "the good life." —  Omni: October 1993
  • My head was pounding like the landlord was tired of waiting for the rent money, so it was hard to follow but the gist of it was that the doc was irked because Fritz had flipped the wrong combination of switches and exchanged not only me and the monster's brains but our essences--our souls if you're inclined to the spiritual Oh, so that's what happened. —  FSF, August 2006
  • With each upgrade costing numerous "essences," collecting the right types can be pretty important. —  Destructoid
  • Herbal essences, aussie, alberto or studio line hair care products $2.99 (use your $0.75 off or b2g1 free for herbal essences from save. ca) —  Ontario Blogs Feed
 

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