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
He not only gives forms to his pipkins, or energies to his agents, but He also maintains those forms in being: "dat formas creaturis agentibus et eas tenet in esse."
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
It is not impossible that the French termination in esse helped to make the confusion.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
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
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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