Ex*ist"ent (?), a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.]

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.

 

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