Ex-ist’, v. i.
(egz-ĭst’), v. i. [imp. & p. p. EXISTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXISTING.] [Lat. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, to exist, to be, from ex, out of, from, and sistere, to cause to stand, to set, put, place; Fr. exister, Pr., Sp., & Pg. existir, It. esistere.] 1. To be; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. By whom we exist and cease to be. Milton.
- To occur; to manifest itself; to continue to be;—applied to events and phenomena.
- To live; to have life or animation; as, men can not exist in water, nor fishes on land.