. . . essence is the attribute (or set of attributes) that make an object
or substance what it fundamentally is, and that it has necessarily (in contrast
with accidental properties that the object or substance has contingently,
and without which the substance could have existed). ...
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A concentrated flavoring extracted from an item.
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