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Quintessence v. World English Historical Dictionary

Quintessence v. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1910, rev. 2025. Quintessence v. Now rare. [f. prec. sb. Cf. F. quintessencier (1611 in Cotgr.).] trans. a. To extract the quintessence of. b. To take out of (something) as a quintessence.

1 1585.  Jas. I., Ess. Poesie (Arb.), 25. I quint-essence the Poets soule.

2 1593.  Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 154. It is a kind of Alchimical quintessensing a heauen out of earth.

3 1638.  Drumm. of Hawth., Irene, Wks. (1711), 170. For quintessencing and alembicking thee, and using thee, as alchymists do gold.

4 1844.  For. Q. Rev., XXXIII. 186. The science of the cook consists … in quintessencing (so to speak) the viands.

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