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ex·ist (eg zist′, ig-)

intransitive verb

  1. to have reality or actual being; be
  2. to occur or be present the qualities that exist in a person
  3. to continue being; live the refugees barely exist

Etymology: Fr exister < L existere, exsistere, to come forth, stand forth < ex-, out + sistere, to cause to stand, set, place, caus. of stare, stand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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