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
Every actor knows the difference between portraying imbecility and being silly himself—between puerility, as characteristic of a part in posse, and as being a trait of the performer in esse.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various
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)
This is meant for an exhaustive division of goods, which are either so in esse or in posse.
From Ethics by Aristotle
Position is of small account, though the line is always drawn at shopkeepers in esse.
From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell
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