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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Essence \Es"sence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essenced; p. pr. & vb.
n. Essencing.]
To perfume; to scent. "Essenced fops." --Addison.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Essence \Es"sence\, n. [F. essence, L. essentia, formed as if
fr. a p. pr. of esse to be. See Is, and cf. Entity.]
1. The constituent elementary notions which constitute a
complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it;
sometimes called the nominal essence.
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2. 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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The laws are at present, both in form and essence,
the greatest curse that society labors under.
--Landor.
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Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence
of this virtue [charity]. --Addison.
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The essence of Addison's humor is irony.
--Courthope.
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3. Constituent substance.
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And uncompounded is their essence pure. --Milton.
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4. A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
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As far as gods and heavenly essences
Can perish. --Milton.
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He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on
spiritual essences, until . . . he had and ideal
world of his own around him. --W. Irving.
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5. 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.
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The . . . word essence . . . scarcely underwent a
more complete transformation when from being the
abstract of the verb "to be," it came to denote
something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a
glass bottle. --J. S. Mill.
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6. Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting
perfume.
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Nor let the essences exhale. --Pope.
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WordNet Essence
n 1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
"the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core,
center, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness,
marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]
2: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant
properties of a plant or drug or other natural product
from which it is extracted
3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn: effect, burden, core, gist]
4: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor [syn: perfume]

Moby Dictionary
affective meaning , ambergris , ambrosia , aroma , aromatic ,
aromatic gum , aromatic water , artifact , aspect , at bottom , attar ,
attar of roses , attribute , au fond , axiom , balm , balm of Gilead ,
balsam , basically , basis , bay oil , be-all and end-all , bearing ,
being , bench mark , bergamot oil , best part , better part , body ,
bottom , brainchild , breath , bulk , burden , cardinal point , case ,
center , champaca oil , chapter , chief thing , child , civet , climax ,
coinage , coloring , composition , concentrate , concentration ,
concern , concoction , connotation , consequence , core , cornerstone ,
creation , creature , crisis , critical , critical point ,
crowning achievement , crucial , crux , decoction , definite odor ,
denotation , detectable odor , distillate , distillation , drift ,
effect , effluvium , element , elixir , emanation , end product , ens ,
entity , esse , essential , essential matter , essential oil ,
essentiality , essentially , exhalation , existence , extension ,
extract , extraction , fabric , fiber , fixative , flavor , flower ,
focus , focus of attention , focus of interest , force , form ,
fragrance , fruit , fume , fundamental , fundamentally , generality ,
gist , grammatical meaning , gravamen , great point , handiwork , head ,
heading , heart , heliotrope , high point , hypostasis , idea , impact ,
implication , import , important , important thing , in effect ,
in essence , indispensable , infusion , inner essence , intension ,
invention , inwardness , issue , jasmine oil , kernel , keystone ,
landmark , lavender oil , lexical meaning , life , literal meaning ,
living issue , main body , main point , main thing , major part ,
majority , manufacture , marrow , mass , masterpiece , masterwork ,
material , material point , materiality , materially , matter ,
matter in hand , meaning , meat , medium , milestone , mintage , most ,
motif , motive , musk , myrcia oil , myrrh , nature , new mintage , nub ,
nubbin , nucleus , nuts and bolts , occurrence , odor , of the essence ,
offspring , opera , opus , opuscule , origination , outcome , outgrowth ,
overtone , parfum , perfume , perfumery , pertinence , pith , pivot ,
plurality , point , point at issue , point in question , postulate ,
practical consequence , presence , principle , problem , product ,
production , property , purification , purport , quality , question ,
quid , quiddity , quintessence , quintessential , range of meaning ,
real issue , real meaning , recap , recapitulation , redolence ,
reference , referent , refinement , relation , relevance , requisite ,
result , resume , rock bottom , root , rose oil , rubric , run-through ,
rundown , salient point , sap , savor , scent , scope , semantic cluster ,
semantic field , sense , significance , signification , significatum ,
signifie , sine qua non , smell , soul , span of meaning , spirit ,
spoor , stench , structural meaning , stuff , subject , subject matter ,
subject of thought , subsistence , substance , substantiality ,
substantially , substantive point , subtle odor , sum ,
sum and substance , summary , summation , symbolic meaning , tenor ,
text , texture , the bottom line , the nitty-gritty , the point , theme ,
thrust , timber , tincture , topic , totality of associations , trace ,
trail , transferred meaning , turning point , unadorned meaning ,
undertone , value , virtuality , virtually , vital , volatile oil ,
whiff , work