Sekirov Dictionary

substance

/ˈsʌbstəns/

noun 7
verb 1
forms 3

noun7

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the material something is made of, such as stone, water or air
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. — 1699
A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
Drugs (illegal narcotics)
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The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose. — 1667
Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
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Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- Some textile fabrics have little substance.
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Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- And there wasted his substance with riotous living. — 1611

verb1

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(rare) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
- If life were nothing but what gets phrased and substanced, the world might as well be rolled up and laid away again in darkness. — 1873

forms

substanced · substancing · substances

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