Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 De bene esse /dē bĕn'-ə ĕs/ · De be·ne es·se · IPA /deɪˌbɛneɪˈɛseɪ/ 01 Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. 1. Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.(Law)