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essence
noun
1 essence
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
synonyms: center, centre, core, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum ... show more.
Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Roget 516:
meaning;
signification,
significance;
sense,
expression;
import,
purport;
force;
drift,
tenor,
spirit,
bearing,
coloring;
scope.
[important part of the meaning]
substance;
gist,
essence,
marrow,
spirit
etc.
5.
matter;
subject,
subject matter;
argument,
text,
sum and substance.
general meaning,
broad meaning,
substantial meaning,
colloquial meaning,
literal meaning,
plain meaning,
simple meaning,
natural meaning,
unstrained meaning,
true meaning,
etc.
(exact)
494
honest meaning,
etc.
543
prima facie meaning [Lat.];
etc.
(manifest)
525.
letter of the law.
literally;
after acceptation.
synonym;
implication,
allusion
etc.
(latency)
526;
suggestion
etc.
(information)
527;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
acceptation
etc.
(interpretation)
522.
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Roget 334:
gaseity†;
vaporousness
etc.
adj.;
flatulence,
flatulency;
volatility;
aeration,
aerification.
elastic fluid,
gas,
air,
vapor,
ether,
steam,
essence,
fume,
reek,
effluvium,
flatus;
cloud
etc.
353;
ammonia,
ammoniacal gas†;
volatile alkali;
vacuum,
partial vacuum.
[Science of elastic fluids]
pneumatics,
pneumatostatics†;
aerostatics†,
aerodynamics.
gasmeter†,
gasometer†;
air bladder,
swimming bladder,
sound,
(of a fish).
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Roget 1:
existence,
being,
entity,
ens [Lat.],
esse [Lat.],
subsistence.
reality,
actuality;
positiveness
etc.
adj.;
fact,
matter of fact,
sober reality;
truth
etc.
494;
actual existence.
presence
etc.
(existence in space)
186;
coexistence
etc.
120.
stubborn fact,
hard fact;
not a dream
etc.
515;
no joke.
center of life,
essence,
inmost nature,
inner reality,
vital principle.
[Science of existence],
ontology.
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Roget 398:
odor,
smell,
odorament†,
scent,
effluvium;
emanation,
exhalation;
fume,
essence,
trail,
nidor†,
redolence.
sense of smell;
scent;
act of smelling
etc.
v.;
olfaction,
olfactories†.
[pleasant odor]
fragrance
etc.
400.
odorant.
[animal with acute sense of smell]
bloodhound,
hound.
[smell detected by a hound]
spoor.
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Dutch: bijzonderheid, kerngedachte, essentialia, essentie, grond, hoofdpunt, hoofdzaak, hypostase, kern, kernpunt, kwintessens, primaat, substantie, wezen, zwaartepunt ... show more
Polish: istota, esencja, sedno, jądro, meritum, kwintesencja
2 essence
Any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted.
Dutch: parfum, aftreksel, essence
Polish: esencja
3 essence
4 essence
A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor.
synonym: perfume.
Roget 400:
fragrance,
aroma,
redolence,
perfume,
bouquet,
essence,
scent;
sweet smell,
aromatic perfume.
agalloch†,
agallochium†;
aloes wood;
bay rum;
calambac†,
calambour†;
champak†,
horehound,
lign-aloes†,
marrubium†,
mint,
muskrat,
napha water†,
olibanum†,
spirit of myrcia†.
essential oil.
incense;
musk,
frankincense;
pastil†,
pastille;
myrrh,
perfumes of Arabia†;
otto†,
ottar†,
attar;
bergamot,
balm,
civet,
potpourri,
pulvil†;
nosegay;
scentbag†;
sachet,
smelling bottle,
vinaigrette;
eau de Cologne [Fr.],
toilet water,
lotion,
after-shave lotion;
thurification†.
perfumer.
[fragrant wood oils]
eucalyptus oil,
pinene.
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Dutch: essence, parfum
Polish: perfumy, pachnidło
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