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essences

noun

Meaning

  1. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
  2. The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
  3. Constituent substance.
  4. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
  5. A significant feature of something.
  6. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

substance(English)nitty-gritty(English)inwardness(English)gist(English)effect(English)sum(English)burden(English)center(English)shampoo(English)phenomenology(English)vanilla(English)perfume(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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