in esse

American  

[in es-e, in es-ee] / ɪn ˈɛs ɛ, ɪn ˈɛs i /

adverb

Latin.

1. in being; in actuality; in actual existence (contrasted wiithin posse ).

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in esse British  

/ ɪn ˈɛsɪ /

adjective

1. actually existing Compare in posse

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Etymology

Origin of in esse

Latin, literally: in being

Example Sentences

I am possessed of two separate powers�the one in esse and the other in posse.

From Time Magazine Archive

But what brute oblivion he manifests of his own doctrine, in taxing with arrogance any people for claiming one of those results in esse, which he himself could see so clearly in posse!

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

Shall they not perish because the potential guilt was not, by pure accident, accomplished in esse?

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

That was a question which also presented itself to the mind of M. Gustave Lenoble, of Beaubocage in esse, and Côtenoir in posse.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

It is not certain that the presence of his lordship and his Countess, and the remainder of the party in esse at the Towers really added to the hilarity of the occasion.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend