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Webster 1913 Edition
Entity
En′ti-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Entities
(#)
. [LL.
entitas
, fr. L. ens
, entis
, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse
to be: cf. F. entité
. See Essence
, Is
.] A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Self-subsisting
entities
, such as our own personality. Shairp.
Fortune is no real
entity
, . . . but a mere relative signification. Bentley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Entity
EN'TITY
,Noun.
Fortune is no real entity.
1.
A real being, or species of being.