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per se

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) per se (adverb)
  2. 2) per se (adjective)
  3. perse (adjective)
  4. Perse (biographical name)
  5. qui facit per alium facit per se (foreign term)

1per se

adv
\(ˌ)pər-ˈsā also per-ˈsā or (ˌ)pər-ˈsē\

Definition of PER SE

: by, of, or in itself or oneself or themselves : as such : intrinsically
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Origin of PER SE

Latin
First Known Use: 1572

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