2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Existent \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
existent
adj 1: having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to
refine the existent machinery to make it more
efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the
world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" [syn: {existing}]
[ant: {nonexistent}]
2: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not
ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness";
"real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"-
Longfellow [syn: {real}] [ant: {unreal}]
3: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or
possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual
temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined
conditions" [syn: {actual}] [ant: {potential}]
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