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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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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 was one thing to grant control over all domestic concerns to a population in esse, and another and quite different thing to grant control to a people in posse.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen

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 will be observed that the terms of the amendment made no provision for the subsequent freedom of those slaves in esse.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various

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