| 释义 |
† essenˈtifical, a. Obs.
[f. L. essenti-a being or essence + -fic + -al1 (after mod.L. essentificus).]
Forming or producing the essence of a thing.
1656[J. Serjeant] tr. White's Peripat. Instit. 210 Now, naturall Things are naturall parts of the world, unerringly flowing from the Essentificall Idea's. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 144 Although the formall light doth shine; yet its act is not terminated in shining, but in an essentificall thingliness. |
