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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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