in posse

American  

[in pos-e, in pos-ee] / ɪn ˈpɒs ɛ, ɪn ˈpɒs i /

adverb

Latin.

1. in possibility; potentially (contrasted with in esse).

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in posse British  

/ ɪn ˈpɒsɪ /

adjective

1. possible; potential Compare in esse

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Etymology

Origin of in posse

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

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in posse

Two minutes later saw her seated on the high box beside her future lord in posse; the bays plunging like mad and Andy swinging to the reins as if for life.

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various

Now not only is there in this the creation of the novel in posse, of the romance in esse, but it is brought about in a curiously noteworthy fashion.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury

Now Sir Robert Peel thinks better of natural history, chemistry, and astronomy than of such ethics; but these too, what are they more than divinity in posse?

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman

However, it does with me; and, consequently, I presume the children are also only in posse.

From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Henry Rogers

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 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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