Usually means: Inherent, by itself, intrinsically.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word per se:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. per se: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. per se: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. per se: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. per se: Collins English Dictionary
  5. per se: Vocabulary.com
  6. per-se: Wordnik
  7. per se: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. per se: Wiktionary
  9. per se: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. per se: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. per se: Dictionary.com
  12. per se: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Per Se (restaurant), Per se (Latin), Per se (phrase), Per se (restaurant), Per se (terminology), Per se: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. per se: Rhymezone
  15. per se: Free Dictionary
  16. per se: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. per se: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  18. Per Se: The Word Detective
  19. per se: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. per se: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Per Se: Legal dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. per se: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (per se)

adverb:  Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
adverb:  (more loosely, chiefly in the negative) In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
adverb:  (philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
adverb:  (law) Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
adjective:  (philosophy) Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
adjective:  (law) That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.

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