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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entity \En"ti*ty\, n.; pl {Entities}. [LL. entitas fr L. ens,
entis, thing prop. p. pr of esse to be: cf F. entit['e].
See {Essence}, {Is}.]
A real being whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or
in fact being essence; existence.
Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
--Shairp.
Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative
signification. --Bentley.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
entity
n : anything having existence (living or nonliving) [syn: {something}]
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