Sinhala Dictionary definitions for essence
essence 🔊 /ɛˈsʌns/
essence : හරය
essence : නියම තත්ත්වය
essence : අවශ්ය කොටස
essence : පෙරාගත් සුවඳ ද්රව්යය
essence : සාරය
essence : සරුව
essence definition
Noun.
- The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.
- 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 marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.
- Constituent substance.
- A being; Especially., a purely spiritual being.
- 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.
- Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
Transitive verb. To perfume; to scent.