existent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: existent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
existent adj 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" Synonym(s): existent, existing Antonym(s): nonexistent 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 Synonym(s): real, existent Antonym(s): unreal presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions" Synonym(s): actual, existent Antonym(s): possible, potential
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.