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- noun Plural form of
essence .
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Examples
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One might ask whether God possesses this same freedom in bestowing esse essentiae on possible essences, that is, on (doubly) secondary objects of His knowledge.
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His expression "Wesen der Sprache" does not mean "the essence of language," but the "essencing," the making of essences, that is the work of language:...language bringing things into their essence, language ‘moving us’ so that things matter to us in a particular kind of way, so that paths are made within which we can move among entities, and so that entities can bear on each other as the entities they are...
enowning enowning 2008
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His expression "Wesen der Sprache" does not mean "the essence of language," but the "essencing," the making of essences, that is the work of language:...language bringing things into their essence, language ‘moving us’ so that things matter to us in a particular kind of way, so that paths are made within which we can move among entities, and so that entities can bear on each other as the entities they are...
Archive 2008-07-01 enowning 2008
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Recalling the essences of her contained in the rooms she occupied made him shiver with pleasure.
The crush Brown, Sandra, 1948- 2002
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Spiritual created beings, however, as free from the composition of matter and form, have physically simple essences; yet they are composite in that their essences are the result of a union of genus and differentia, and are not identical with their existence.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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We'll experiment with the unsweetened "essences" to make flavored seltzer and maybe even splurge on some of the other flavorings, some of which are supposed to taste like national brands of soda.
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We'll experiment with the unsweetened "essences" to make flavored seltzer and maybe even splurge on some of the other flavorings, some of which are supposed to taste like national brands of soda.
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How is a report that a monastery will start celebrating the traditional Mass in addition to the reformed Mass contrary to the "essences" of Rorate Caeli?
A NEW BIRITUAL MONASTERY Traditional Mass in Norcia, Italy 2009
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Rather than get their aroma and flavor from artificial and natural flavouring essences which is what the more commonly consumed and often tea-bagged Aromatized Teas are all about, Perfumed Teas are perfumed with fragrant plants, fruits and flowers.
The Mystery Behind "Perfumed Teas" Ayala Sender 2008
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Rather than get their aroma and flavor from artificial and natural flavouring essences which is what the more commonly consumed and often tea-bagged Aromatized Teas are all about, Perfumed Teas are perfumed with fragrant plants, fruits and flowers.
Archive 2008-06-01 Ayala Sender 2008
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