Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In being; in actuality; actually existing. Compare
in posse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from
in posse , orin potentia , which denote that a thing is not, but may be.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in
being , inactuality , having aactual to existence, (contradistinguished byin posse , comparein potentia ) - adverb in
being , inactuality , having aactual to existence, (contradistinguished byin posse , comparein potentia )
Etymologies
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From in meaning "in" + esse meaning "to be".
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