n. Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any condition. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Existing at the same time with another. -- n. That which coexists with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law of coexistent vibrations. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. Existence. [ R. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist. ] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having existence. [ Archaic ] Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of or pertaining to, or having the character of, existentialism. [ PJC ]

3. (Logic) specifying actual existence, rather than only possibility; as, the existential operator. [ PJC ]

--Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige. [1913 Webster]

n. (Philosophy) a philosophical theory or attitude having various interpretations, generally emphasising the existence of the individual as a unique agent with free will and responsibility for his or her own acts, though living in a universe devoid of any certain knowledge of right and wrong; from one's plight as a free agent with uncertain guidelines may arise feelings of anguish. Existentialism is concerned more with concrete existence rather than abstract theories of essences; is contrasted with rationalism and empiricism; and is associated with Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre, as well as others. [ PJC ]

n. One who exists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of not coexisting. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- in + existence. ] [ Obs. ] (a) Inherence; subsistence. Bp. Hall. (b) That which exists within; a constituent. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- in + existence: cf. F. inexistence. ] Lack of being or existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + existent: cf. F. inexistant. ] Not having being; not existing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + existent. ] Inherent; innate; indwelling. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of not existing; absence of existence; the negation of being; -- usually used with reference to existince in the real world, or logical possiblity; as, the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long. A. Baxter.
Syn. -- nonentity{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A thing that has no existence. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Subsequent existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Existing or living after. [ R. ] “Postexistent atoms.” Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wisdom declares her antiquity and preëxistence to all the works of this earth. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Preëxistence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Philos.) The theory of a preëxistence of souls before their association with human bodies. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Existing of or by himself, independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being. [ 1913 Webster ]

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