Existence
Existence
#1. Existence. -- N. existence, being, entity, ens[Lat], esse[Lat],
subsistence.
- reality, actuality; positiveness &c. adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober
reality; truth &c. 494; actual existence.
- presence &c. (existence in space) 186; coexistence &c. 120.
- stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream &c. 515; no joke.
- center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital
principle.
- [Science of existence], ontology.
- V. exist, be; have being &c. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand,
obtain, be the case; occur &c. (event) 151; have place, prevail; find
oneself, pass the time, vegetate.
- consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted
by.
- come into existence &c. n.; arise &c. (begin) 66; come forth &c.
(appear) 446.
- become &c. (be converted) 144; bring into existence &c. 161.
- abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.
- Adj. existing &c. v.; existent, under the sun; in existence &c. n.;
extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed.
- real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c. 494; substantial,
substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential.
- well-founded, well-grounded; unideal[obs], unimagined; not potential
&c. 2; authentic.
- Adv. actually &c. adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed;
de facto, ipso facto.
- Phr. ens rationis[Lat]; ergo sum cogito: "thinkest thou existence doth
depend on time?" [Lat][Byron].