entitative
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The motion of all bodies, whether small or great, is due to the entitative force stored up in them, and the energy they exercise is in proportion to the stored-up force.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
The answer will depend on the solution of the problem, just treated, whether sanctifying grace is primarily an entitative or an operative habit.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
The Scholastics draw a distinction between entitative and operative habits.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
Hence the supplementary theological category of entitative habits.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
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