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Existence | 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. [1913 Webster] The main object of our existence. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster] 2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences. [1913 Webster] |
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