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- Essence - n. - The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.
- 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.
- Essence - n. - Constituent substance.
- Essence - n. - A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
- 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.
- Essence - n. - Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
- Essence - v. t. - To perfume; to scent.
- Essenced - imp. & p. p. - of Essence
- Differentia - n. - The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
- Quintessence - n. - The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.
- 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.
- Divinity - a. - The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
- Peppermint - n. - A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.
- 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.
- Nitrobenzene - n. - A yellow aromatic liquid (C6H5.NO2), produced by the action of nitric acid on benzene, and called from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.
- 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.
- Essential - a. - Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.
- 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.
- Alcohol - n. - The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
- Essentiate - v. t. - To form or constitute the essence or being of.
- Stand - n. - To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
- Virtual - a. - Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
- Homoousian - n. - One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoiousian.
- Gravamen - a. - The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.
- Bergamot - n. - The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- Shintiism - n. - One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes.
- Quiddative - a. - Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative.
- 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.
- Inessential - a. - Having no essence or being.
- Privative - n. - That of which the essence is the absence of something.
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- G862 ἄφθαρτος - 862 ἄφθαρτος - ἌΦΘΑΡΤΟΣ - - áphthartos - af'-thar-tos - from Α (as a negative particle) and a derivative of φθείρω; undecaying (in essence or continuance):--not (in-, un-)corruptible, immortal. - Adjective - greek
- G5287 ὑπόστασις - 5287 ὑπόστασις - ὙΠΌΣΤΑΣΙΣ - - hypóstasis - hoop-os'-tas-is - from a compound of ὑπό and ἵστημι; a setting under (support), i.e. (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance (objectively or subjectively):--confidence, confident, person, substance. - Noun Feminine - greek