Definition of Existince
Ex*ist"ence (?), n. [Cf. F.
existence.] 1. The state of existing or
being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the
existence of body and of soul in union; the separate
existence of the soul; immortal existence.
The main object of our existence.
Lubbock.
2. Continued or repeated manifestation;
occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a
calamity or of a state of war.
The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is
but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred
possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.
3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an
entity; as, living existences.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
EXISTENCE, n.
A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,
Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:
From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge
Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!"
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The state of being, existing, or occurring.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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