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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Existential  \Ex`is*ten"tial\,  a. 
  Having  existence.  [Archaic]  --Bp.  Barlow. 
  --{Ex`is*ten"tial*ly},  adv  [Archaic] 
 
  Existentially  as  well  as  essentially  intelligent. 
  --Colerige. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  existential 
  adj  1:  derived  from  experience  or  the  experience  of  existence;  "the 
  rich  experiential  content  of  the  teachings  of  the 
  older  philosophers"-  Benjamin  Farrington;  "formal 
  logicians  are  not  concerned  with  existential  matters"- 
  John  Dewey  [syn:  {experiential}] 
  2:  of  or  as  conceived  by  existentialism;  "an  existential  moment 
  of  choice" 
  3:  relating  to  or  dealing  with  existence  (especially  with  human 
  existence) 

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