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existed (encz) | existed,existovalo v: Zdeněk Brož |
Existed (gcide) | Exist \Ex*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Existing.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth,
emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to
set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F.
exister. See Stand.]
1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or
real being, whether material or spiritual.
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Who now, alas! no more is missed
Than if he never did exist. --Swift.
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To conceive the world . . . to have existed from
eternity. --South.
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2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great
evils existed in his reign.
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3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as,
men can not exist in water, nor fishes on land.
Syn: See Be.
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coexisted (encz) | coexisted,spoluexistoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
existed (encz) | existed,existovalo v: Zdeněk Brož |
Coexisted (gcide) | Coexist \Co`ex*ist\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coexisted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Coexisting.]
To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.
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Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than
of certain simple ideas coexisting together. --Locke.
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So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so
much decay and so many infirmities. --Warburton.
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Preexisted (gcide) | Preexist \Pre`["e]x*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pre["e]xisted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Pre["e]xisting.]
To exist previously; to exist before something else; to exist
before the current activity commenced; as, preexisting
illnesses are not covered by this insurance policy. [Also
spelled pre-exist.]
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