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essential (iou)



essential adjective & noun. ME.
[Late Latin essentialis, from Latin essentia: see ESSENCE noun, -IAL.]
A. adjective.
That is such in the absolute or highest sense. ME.
W. Sparrow The love of God is essentiall happiness.
b. Thorough, complete. E17-E18.
T. Dekker He's a most essentiall gentleman.
Of or pertaining to a thing's essence. LME.
essential difference Logic = DIFFERENTIA.
a. Dependent on the intrinsic character of something. E16-L19.
b. Medicine. Of hypertension or (formerly) any disease: of unknown cause. L19.
Absolutely indispensable or necessary. E16.
essential amino acid, essential fatty acid: needed for growth but not synthesized by the body.
T. Thomson Silica..is an essential ingredient in mortar. I. Murdoch It was..essential that he should leave her alone. H. Read A certain complexity of experience is essential to eloquence. Observer It is not essential for our people to know everything.
Constituting or forming part of a thing's essence; fundamental to its composition. M16.
P. Tillich It is a consequence of that which is not his essential being but is accidental in him. A. Lurie It's the essential part of my work, without which there wouldn't be..any stories. M. Hunter The mere fact of being human implies an essential loneliness in each of us.
b. Affecting the essence of anything; significant, important. L18.
N. Pevsner The persistence over two hundred years of the Perpendicular style without any essential changes.
Having existence; real, actual. M16-M17.
Of the nature of or resembling an essence, extract, or perfume. M17.
essential oil a volatile oil obtained by distillation and having the characteristic odour of the plant etc. from which it is extracted.
Music. (Of a note) belonging to the chord, as opp. to a passing note, appoggiatura, etc.; (of a sharp or flat) in the key signature, not accidental. E18.
b. noun.
An indispensable or fundamental characteristic, element, or thing. Usu. in pl. Formerly also (in pl.), the three vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience indispensable to monastic life. LME.
G. Maxwell I had brought with me on my back the essentials of living for a day or two while I prospected.
Existence, being. rare. L15-M17.
essentialize verb trans. (a) rare give essence or being to; (b) formulate in essential form, express the essential form of: M17.
essentialness noun M17.