Meaning
1 sensesTo reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
Examples
3 sentencesUnicorns use quintessence for magical purposes.
Aristotle believed that the celestial bodies were made of a fifth element, called the aether or quintessence.
deAristoteles glaubte, die Himmelskörper bestünden aus einem fünften Element, das er den Äther oder die Quintessenz nannte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It was once believed that the celestial bodies sat in quintessence, a fifth element not found on Earth.
Translations
1 languagesForms
quintessences, quintessencing, quintessenced, quintessenced| Base form | quintessence · to quintessence |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | quintessences |
| Present participle | quintessencing |
| Past simple | quintessenced |
| Past participle | quintessenced |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.