in esse

American

[in es-e, in es-ee] / ɪn ˈɛs ɛ, ɪn ˈɛs i /

adverb

Latin.

in being; in actuality; in actual existence (contrasted wiithin posse ).

in esse British

/ ɪn ˈɛsɪ /

adjective

actually existing Compare in posse

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Etymology

Origin of in esse

Latin, literally: in being

Example Sentences

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in esse

Some of you may laugh at this suggestion, but it is an in posse, and it may easily be made an in esse.

From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 by Marietta Holley

Position is of small account, though the line is always drawn at shopkeepers in esse.

From Town Life in Australia by Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny

I thought it best that she should know how and where he was spending so much money in esse as well as money in posse.

From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King

It is not certain that the presence of his lordship and his Countess, and the remainder of the party in esse at the Towers really added to the hilarity of the occasion.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

Shall they not perish because the potential guilt was not, by pure accident, accomplished in esse?

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp

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