Thesaurus: quintessence

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1. n. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.
2. n. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
3. v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
4. n. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
5. n. the purest and most concentrated essence of something
6. n. the most typical example or representative of a type
7. n:100 n. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies n. the purest and most concentrated essence of something n. the most typical example or representative of a type