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existent [ig-zis-tuh nt] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective existing; having existence. now existing. noun a person or thing that exists. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of existent 1555–65; Latin existent- (stem of existēns), present participle of existere to exist; see -ent Related formsqua·si-ex·ist·ent, adjectiveun·ex·ist·ent, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Related Words for existents existing, real, actual, contemporary, current, immediate, now, ongoing, present-day, being, enduring, extant, living, surviving, entity, existence, individual, life Examples from the Web for existents Historical Examples of existents

Now the question is, Is there such a thing as a necessary existent, or are all existents merely possible?

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As all existents are divided into substance and accident, the soul must be either the one or the other.

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Themistius says it is not any of the existents actually, but a potential essence receiving material forms.

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There is nothing practical in this contemplation, it is just the knowledge of existents and their causes.

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But this “union” is not essential to all existents; for we have seen that its function is to unite accidents with body.

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British Dictionary definitions for existents existent adjective in existence; extant; current having existence; living noun a person or a thing that exists Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for existents existent adj.

1560s, a back-formation from existence, or else from Latin existentem/exsistentem (nominative existens/exsistens), present participle of existere/exsistere (see existence).