have+existence

  • 81be — verb 1) there was once a king Syn: exist, have being, have existence; live, be alive, have life, breathe, draw breath, be extant 2) the trial is tomorrow at half past one Syn: occur, happen …

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  • 82subsist — sub•sist [[t]səbˈsɪst[/t]] v. i. 1) to exist; continue in existence 2) to remain alive; live, as on food, resources, etc 3) to have existence in, or by reason of, something 4) to reside, lie, or consist (usu. fol. by in) 5) to provide sustenance… …

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  • 83subsist — verb Etymology: Late Latin subsistere to exist, from Latin, to come to a halt, remain, from sub + sistere to come to a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand more at stand Date: 1549 intransitive verb 1. a. to have existence ; be b. persist, co …

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  • 84exist — verb to be; have existence; have being or reality Syn: be See Also: coexist, coexistence, preexist, preexistence …

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  • 85be — v. n. [In its substantive sense.] Exist (whether in fact or in imagination), subsist, have existence, have being …

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  • 86subsist — [səb sist′] vi. [L subsistere, to stand still, stay, abide < sub , under + sistere, to place, stand, redupl. of base of stare, to STAND] 1. a) to continue to be or exist; have existence as a reality, entity, etc. b) to continue to be in use,… …

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  • 87Subsist — Sub*sist , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be; to have… …

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  • 88Subsisted — Subsist Sub*sist , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be;… …

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  • 89Subsisting — Subsist Sub*sist , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be;… …

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  • 90ontology — noun Etymology: New Latin ontologia, from ont + logia logy Date: circa 1721 1. a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being 2. a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence •… …

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