Stand . . . . Come into being . . . . The manner of being that is common to every mode of being . . . . Being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect . . . . The totality of existent things . . . . A particular being . . . . Reality as presented in experience . . . . Sentient or living being . . . . Life . . . . Continued or repeated manifestation . . . . Present . . . . To have real being whether material or spiritual . . . . To have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditions . . . . To have life or the functions of vitality . . . .To exist, merely
R E F E R E N C E S
Existence n [14c] 1a obs: reality as opposed to appearance b: reality as presented in experience c [1]: the totality of existent things [2]: a particular being [all the fair __s of heaven -John Keats] d: sentient or living being: Life 2a: the state or fact of having being esp. independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence b: the manner of being that is common to every mode of being c: being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect 3: continued or repeated manifestation . . . .
Existent adj [L exsistent-, exsistens, prp. of exsistere] [1561] 1: having being: Existing 2: existing now: Present
Exist vi [L existere to come into being, exist, fr. ex- + sistere to stand, stop; akin to L stare to stand -more at Stand] [1602] 1a: to have real being whether material or spiritual [did unicorns __] [the largest galaxy known to __] b: to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditons [strange ideas __ed in his mind] 2: to continue to be [racism still __s in society] 3a: to have life or the functions of vitality [we cannot __ without oxygen] b: to live at an inferior level or under adverse circumstances [the hungry __ing from day to day]
[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]
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