Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ens"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ens \Ens\, n. [L., ens, entis, a thing. See {Entity}.]
1. (Metaph.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually
existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.
2. (Chem.) Something supposed to condense within itself all
the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is
extracted; essence. [Obs.]
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