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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
esse /ˈɛsi/

▶noun Philosophy essential nature or essence.

– origin L., ‘to be’.

'esse' also found in these Oxford entries:

absent - esculent - -ess - -ess - essence - future - in esse - interest - present - quorum

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