in posse
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of in posse
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Near it was the shaft through whose incursion into Mother Earth's interior the esse, to be so much more noble in posse, had been reft by hard and honest toil.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
The objective Mind is the absolute Idea, but only existing in posse: and as it is thus on the territory of finitude, its actual rationality retains the aspect of external apparency.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
They sat on the floor with me, and as the cacique could make himself understood in Spanish, we chatted about the affairs of the town in posse.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
The next class are your would-be aristocratic settlers, younger sons of younger sons, cousins of cousins, Union Barons, nephews' nephews of a Lord Mayor, or unprovided heirs in posse.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
It corresponds to the inmost facts of the hearers' being, whether they are aware of it yet or not; and is there not here the most powerful of magnets, at least in posse?
From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)
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