exIstence

[Low Lat. existent i a, from Lat. existens, exsistens, pr. par. of existo, exsisto; Fr. ex istence; Sp. & Port. existencia; Ital. esistenza.] 1. The state of being or existing; the state of having a being; continuance of being. "The metaphysicians look upon existence as the formal and actual part of a being."-H. More: Antidote against Atheism (App.), ch. iv. 2. Occurrence, happening; as, the existence of troubles, quarrels, . *3. That which exists; an entity; a being, a creature. "Somebody has taken notice that we stand in the middle of existence ." -Tatler. IMG:content-1263.png:[blocks in formation] "They have no real existent nature at all."- Law : Enquiry: Of Space , ch. i. ex-is-ten-tial (tial as shal), a . [Eng. existent ; -ial .] Of, pertaining to, or consisting in existence. "The being deprived of that existential good."-Bp. Barlow : Remains , p. 483. ěx-Is-ten-tial-lý (tial as shal), adv . [Eng. existential; -ly .] In the way of or by means of existence; in an existing state. "Whether God was existentially as well as e entially intelligent." - Cole ridge ( Webster ). ěx-Ist-1-ble, a. [Eng. exist; -able .] Capable of existing or of existence. "All corporeal and sensible perfections are in some way existible in the human mind."-Grew.