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Webster 1913 Edition
Existence
Ex-ist′ence
,Noun.
[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
.The main object of our
existence
. Lubbock.
2.
Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind;
as, the
. existence
of a calamity or of a state of warThe
existence
therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.
3.
That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity;
as, living
. existences
Webster 1828 Edition
Existence
EXIST'ENCE
,Noun.
1.
Life; animation.2.
Continued being; duration; continuation. We speak of the existence of troubles or calamities, or of happiness. During the existence of national calamities, our pious ancestors always had recourse to prayer for divine aid.