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the defining or most important quality of somethingor:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
- The cream also contains essence of rose.
essence = a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
- Time is of the essence in this contract.
- To make things better, to enjoy each other's company, and to empathize are essence of humanity.
- She described the essence of chaos theory as "sensitive dependence on initial conditions."
- There was only—spring itself; the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence of it everywhere...Willa Cather
- This case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience—Scout, I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- When we drink small amounts of blood, we do not take any of a person's essence.Darren Shan -- A Vampire's Assistant
- What I have tried to do here was not to write everything, but in essence everything that was said.Ernest J. Gaines -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Bit by bit the dead cigar would disappear, to reappear some hours later as a flat slick mess, its essence extracted and mingling with Judge Taylor's digestive juices.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.Matthew 7:12 (NLT)
- The essence of the legislative authority is to enact laws...Alexander Hamilton -- Federalist Papers
- The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.Jane Addams
- That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.Bergen Evans
- Their essence is not less beautiful than their appearance, though it needs finer organs for its apprehension.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Essays, First Series
- She took the essence of our life stories and made them palatable and enjoyable for a youth and teen audience.Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
- He had killed The Cat but, in essence, The Cat had escaped.Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
- The tree itself looked perfectly fine, whole and healthy, suffused with the essence of the Golden Fleece.Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
- My dad has passed on to his boys the essence of what he is.Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
- You'll remember the essence.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- For a couple of minutes, you hear the essence of someone's story—the sort of wisdom that only comes from a life deeply lived.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
of the essence = very important
essence = most important qualities
essence = defining quality
essence = the defining or most important aspect
essence = most important part (that is needed to be who they are)
essence = the defining or most important quality of something
or:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
or:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
essence = most important characteristic (in this case the flavor)
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