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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

The fact was that Annie was the greater of the two in esse; Cupples the greater in posse.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

I might as well join in the safe old tum, tum: A hero's an excellent loadstar,—but, bless ye, What infinite odds 'twixt a hero to come And your only too palpable hero in esse!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 by Various

These are either internal or external; either events in esse, or events in prospect.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

If in esse, they are either above praise, or subjects of praise.

From Ethics by Aristotle

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