being (being)

[ not yet complete or an actual fact.-Pure being, in metaph., the conception of being as such, that is, devoid of all predicates; being of which nothing can be affirmed except that it is. Quidditative being, or being of e ence, that being that belongs to things before they exist, being of a substance. - To differ by the whole of being. See differ. being-placet (bē'ing-plās), n. A place to exist in; a state of existence. bosom the eternal. - Substantial being, Before this worlds great frame, in which al things Are now containd, found any being - place . Spenser, Heavenly Love, 1. 23. beinly (ben'li), adv. [ The children were likewise beinly apparelled. beinne (ben'nes), n. R. Gilhaize, iii. 104. [Also spelled bienne , bein , bien , +-ne .] Plenty; affluence; prosperousne ; the state of being well off or well to do. [Scotch.] There was a prevailing air of comfort and bienne about the people and their houses. W. Black , Prince of Thule, ii.