| Essence: English to English |
| Essence (n.) A being; esp., a purely spiritual being. |
| Essence (n.) Constituent substance. |
| Essence (n.) Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume. |
| Essence (n.) The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence. |
| Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or mar |
| Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like. |
| Essence (v. t.) To perfume; to scent. |