3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist in water, nor fishes on land.
Syn. — See Be.
Existence
(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.
Existency
(Ex*ist"en*cy) n. Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Existent
(Ex*ist"ent) a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring
now; taking place.
The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent.
Dryden. Existential
(Ex`is*ten"tial) a. Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. — Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic]
Existentially as well as essentially intelligent.
Colerige. Exister
(Ex*ist"er) n. One who exists.
Existible
(Ex*ist"i*ble) a. Capable of existence. Grew.
Existimation
(Ex*is`ti*ma"tion) n. [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See
Estimate.] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.
Exit
(||Ex"it) [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.] He (or she ) goes out, or
retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
The Latin words exit and exeunt are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from
the stage of one or more of the actors.
Exit
(Ex"it), n. [See 1st Exit.]
1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
They have their exits and their entrances.
Shak. 2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death.
Cowper.
