Existent
[ɪg'zɪst(ə)nt;eg-] or [ɪɡ'zɪstənt]
Definition
(adj.) having existence or being or actuality; 'an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient'; 'much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran' .
Checked by Kathy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.
Inputed by Angela
Examples
- Whatever we conceive, we conceive to be existent. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- And thus, though every impression and idea we remember be considered as existent, the idea of existence is not derived from any particular impression. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I paint them out to myself as existent at present, with the same qualities and relations, that I formerly knew them possessed of. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The idea of existence, then, is the very same with the idea of what we conceive to be existent. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- To reflect on any thing simply, and to reflect on it as existent, are nothing different from each other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- When I think of God, when I think of him as existent, and when I believe him to be existent, my idea of him neither encreases nor diminishes. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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