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adjective having existence or being or actuality
adjective being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; ; ; ; ; ; - Longfellow
adjective presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
originFrom Latin existens, from existere. By surface analysis, exist + -ent.
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