in posseadv.

Brit.

/ɪn ˈpɒseɪ/, U.S.

/ˌɪn ˈpɑseɪ/

Etymology: < post-classical Latin in posse < classical Latin in (see in prep.) + posse n.¹

In potentiality; potentially.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [adverb]

in powerc1325

potentiallyc1450

dispositively1475

in posse1592

habitually1597

in potentia1600

in possibility1711

facultatively1887

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie xi. 244 in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Shee deemed..that verie amplie he had deserved, which was not in posse at her hands to be requited.

1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. A3^v To strippe him of all that his purse had in Esse, or his credyt in Posse.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. i. 80 These Reuenewes may be said to be Conuentuall and Incident. Conuentuall Reuenewes comprize al Rents both in Esse and in Posse.

1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 94 Babes from the breast are torn, nay from the womb, And Life in posse killed.

1756 T. Gray Let. 18 Oct. in Corr. (1971) I. 441 You are not to imagine my illness is in esse; no, it is only in posse.

1793 P. Francis Let. 21 Feb. in Francis Lett. (1901) II. 404 When I began this Letter a War with France was only in posse now it is in esse.

1846 J. Brown Let. 10 Feb. (1912) 88 Home, who is a poet in posse, as he is a regular ‘brick’ and a first-rate quoit-player in esse.

1877 C. Reade Woman-hater v They existed, as the school~men used to say, in posse, but not in esse.

1901 R. Kipling Kim xv. 399 I took notes of his statements for Royal Society—in posse.

1956 G. W. O'Brien Renaissance Poetics & Probl. of Power i. 53 The infant Christ is, in posse, superior to the paradised Adam.

1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour ii. 57 In effect the absolute Roman emperor, even Marcus Aurelius, was a tyrant, if only in posse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	in posse
释义	in posseadv. Brit. /ɪn ˈpɒseɪ/, U.S. /ˌɪn ˈpɑseɪ/ Etymology: < post-classical Latin in posse < classical Latin in (see in prep.) + posse n.¹ In potentiality; potentially. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [adverb] in powerc1325 potentiallyc1450 dispositively1475 in posse1592 habitually1597 in potentia1600 in possibility1711 facultatively1887 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie xi. 244 in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Shee deemed..that verie amplie he had deserved, which was not in posse at her hands to be requited. 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. A3^v To strippe him of all that his purse had in Esse, or his credyt in Posse. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. i. 80 These Reuenewes may be said to be Conuentuall and Incident. Conuentuall Reuenewes comprize al Rents both in Esse and in Posse. 1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 94 Babes from the breast are torn, nay from the womb, And Life in posse killed. 1756 T. Gray Let. 18 Oct. in Corr. (1971) I. 441 You are not to imagine my illness is in esse; no, it is only in posse. 1793 P. Francis Let. 21 Feb. in Francis Lett. (1901) II. 404 When I began this Letter a War with France was only in posse now it is in esse. 1846 J. Brown Let. 10 Feb. (1912) 88 Home, who is a poet in posse, as he is a regular ‘brick’ and a first-rate quoit-player in esse. 1877 C. Reade Woman-hater v They existed, as the school~men used to say, in posse, but not in esse. 1901 R. Kipling Kim xv. 399 I took notes of his statements for Royal Society—in posse. 1956 G. W. O'Brien Renaissance Poetics & Probl. of Power i. 53 The infant Christ is, in posse, superior to the paradised Adam. 1983 P. O'Brian Treason's Harbour ii. 57 In effect the absolute Roman emperor, even Marcus Aurelius, was a tyrant, if only in posse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1592
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