Adj. existing &c. v.; existent, under the sun; in existence &c. n.;
extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed.
real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c. 494; substantial,
substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential.
well-founded, well-grounded; unideal[obs3], unimagined; not potential
&c. 2; authentic.
Adv. actually &c. adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed;
de facto, ipso facto.
Phr. ens rationis[Lat]; ergo sum cogito: “thinkest thou existence doth
depend on time?” [Lat][Byron].
#2. Inexistence.—
N. inexistence[obs3]; nonexistence, nonsubsistence;
nonentity, nil; negativeness &c. adj.; nullity; nihility[obs3],
nihilism; tabula rasa[Lat], blank; abeyance; absence
&c. 187; no such thing &c. 4; nonbeing, nothingness,
oblivion.
annihilation; extinction
&c. (destruction) 162; extinguishment,
extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration.
V. not exist &c. 1;
have no existence &c. 1; be null and void; cease
to exist &c. 1; pass away, perish; be extinct, 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; obliterate,
extirpate.
Adj. inexistent[obs3],
nonexistent &c. 1; negative, blank; missing,
omitted; absent &c. 187; insubstantial, shadowy, spectral,
visionary.
unreal, potential, virtual;
baseless, in nubibus[Lat]; unsubstantial
&c. 4; vain.
unborn, uncreated[obs3],
unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade.
perished, annihilated,
&c. v.; extinct, exhausted, gone, lost,
vanished, departed, gone with the wind; defunct &c.
(dead) 360.
fabulous, ideal &c.
(imaginary) 515, supposititious &c. 514.
Adv. negatively, virtually
&c. adj.
Phr. non ens[Lat].
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#3. Substantiality.
— N. substantiality, hypostasis; person,
being,
thing, object, article, item; something, a being,
an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and
blood, stuff, substratum; matter &c. 316; corporeity[obs3],
element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality,
substantialness, vital part.
[Totality of existences],
world &c. 318; plenum.
Adj. substantive, substantial;
hypostatic; personal, bodily, tangible
&c. (material) 316; corporeal.
Adv. substantially &c.
adj.; bodily, essentially.