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1. Existence. — N. existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence.

reality, actuality; positiveness &c. adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; truth &c. 494; actual existence.

presence &c. (existence in space) 186; coexistence &c. 120.

stubborn fact; not a -dream &c. 515; no joke.

[Science of existence], Ontology.

V. exist, be; have -being &c. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur &c. (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.

consist in, lie in.

come into -existence &c. n.; arise &c. (begin) 66; come forth &c. (appear) 446.

become &c. (be converted) 144; bring into existence &c. 161.

Adj. existing &c. v.; existent, under the sun; in -existence &c. n.; extant; afloat, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed.

real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c. 494; substan-tial, -tive; self-exist-ing, -ent.

2. Inexistence.—N. inexistence; non-existence, -subsistence; nonentity, nil; negativeness &c. adj.; nullity; nihil-ity, -ism; tabula rasa, blank; abeyance; absence &c. 187; no such thing &c. 4.

annihilation; extinction &c. (destruction) 162.

V. not -exist &c. 1; have no -existence &c. 1; be null and void; cease to -exist &c. 1; pass away, perish; be –, become- extinct &c. adj.; die out; disappear &c. 449; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die &c. 360.

annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate &c. 756; destroy &c. 162; take away; remove &c. (displace) 185.

Adj. inexistent non-existent &c. 1; negative, blank; missing, omitted; absent &c. 187.

unreal, potential, virtual; baseless, in nubibus; unsubstantial &c. 4; vain.

un-born, -created, -begotten, -conceived, -produced, -made.

perished, annihilated &c. v.; extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, departed; defunct &c. (dead) 360. 1