Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
existence .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Existence.
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- noun Archaic form of
existence .
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Examples
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Though it looks but like an imaginary kind of existency, to be before we are; yet since we are under the decree or prescience of a sure and
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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By a physical effect, we understand an effect with respect to its real existency; as by a moral effect, an effect in respect of its regularity.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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An acquaintance of mine here interfered, and testified to the existency of the agent and his probable connection with the journals.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War George Alfred Townsend 1877
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Do not these examples serve to make good what I said at first: that our reasons often anticipate the effect, and have so infinite an extent of jurisdiction that they judge and exercise themselves even on inanity itself and non-existency?
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 18 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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Do not these examples serve to make good what I said at first: that our reasons often anticipate the effect, and have so infinite an extent of jurisdiction that they judge and exercise themselves even on inanity itself and non-existency?
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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