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unessencing

unessencing is the present participle and gerund of unessence.

Meaning of unessence

Verb

unessence (third-person singular simple present unessences, present participle unessencing, simple past and past participle unessenced)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of its essential nature.
    • Not only does truth, in these long intervals, unessence herself, but (what is harder) one cannot venture a crude fiction for the fear that it may ripen into a truth upon the voyage.1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

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Questions about unessencing

What is unessencing the present participle and gerund of?
Unessencing is the present participle and gerund of unessence.

Words near unessencing in the dictionary

  1. unespoused
  2. unessayed
  3. unessence
  4. unessenced
  5. unessences
  6. unessencing
  7. unessential
  8. unessentiality
  9. unessentially
  10. unessentialness
  11. unessentials

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