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existent
CIDE DICTIONARY
existent, a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.].
Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. [1913 Webster]
"The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
existent
aboveground, actual, alive, alive and kicking, among the living, animate, animated, around, as is, being, breathing, capable of life, conscious, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, endowed with life, enlivened, existence, existing, extant, fresh, immanent, immediate, in being, in effect, in existence, in force, in the flesh, individual, inspirited, instant, instinct with life, latest, live, living, long-lived, modern, new, on foot, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, prevalent, quick, running, something, subsistent, subsisting, tenacious of life, that be, that is, thing, topical, under the sun, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, very much alive, viable, vital, vivified, zoeticROGET THESAURUS
existent
Existence
N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.For further exploring for "existent" in Webster Dictionary Online