in esse
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of in esse
Latin, literally: in being
Example Sentences
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I am possessed of two separate powers�the one in esse and the other in posse.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is meant for an exhaustive division of goods, which are either so in esse or in posse.
From Ethics by Aristotle
It is an omelet that cannot be made without breaking eggs, not only eggs in esse, but also eggs in posse.
From The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 by Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau)
At breakfast she holds a sort of levée of persons of all sorts—ministers in esse or in posse, professors, artists, English strangers, and foreigners from all parts of the world.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
Mr Crosbie said, that Lord Monboddo believed the existence of every thing possible; in short, that all which is in posse might be found in esse.
From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Boswell, James
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