entityn.

/ˈɛntɪti/

Forms: 1600s entitie, entitye, ( entite), 1600s– entity.

Etymology: < late Latin entitāt-em, < ēns , entis : see ens n. Compare French entité, Italian entità, Spanish entitad. The original sense was abstract, but, in accordance with the usual tendency of such words, it early acquired a concrete sense (= ens n.), which predominates in modern use.

1. Being, existence, as opposed to non-existence; the existence, as distinguished from the qualities or relations, of anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun]

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beingness1662

the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > entity, being, or thing

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thang1932

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ix. 372 God..is the principall agent of the real and positiue entities thereof.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O7 Both Night and Coldnesse..have reall entitie.

1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 103 Entity is better than non-entity.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §81 The positive abstract idea of quiddity, entity, or existence.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 108 In the το ὀν and the το μη ὀν, that is to say, in entity and nonentity.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. iii. 189 Entity or real being.

2. That which constitutes the being of a thing; essence, essential nature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]

pitheOE

i-cundeeOE

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formc1385

acta1398

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summary1548

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selfness1611

whatness1611

essentialityc1616

propera1626

the whole shot1628

substantiala1631

esse1642

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virtuality1646

ingeny1647

quoddity1647

intimacy1648

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inbeing1661

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interiority1701

intrinsic1716

stamen1758

character1761

quidditas1782

hyparxis1792

rasa1800

bone1829

what1861

isness1865

inscape1868

as-suchness1909

Wesen1959

1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie vii. 54 He, that is, his Entite, person, even all that went to make him man.

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 97 Deare Hope!.. The entity of things that are not yet.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. ii. 16 It is impossible any Thing should Be..without a Nature or Entity.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 399 For the entity of all theoretical truth is nothing else but clear intelligibility.

a. concrete. Something that has a real existence; an ens n., as distinguished from a mere function, attribute, relation, etc. †rational entity n. = Latin ens rationis, a thing which has an existence only as an object of reason.

ΚΠ

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 209 The specificall difference is a rationall entitie and no more.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 22 This Death..is neither a Substance, nor a Positive Entity, but a meer Privation.

1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 139 'Till it becomes an ideal Entity, like the Utopia.

1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. x. 626 No effort of imagination enables us to think of a shock, however minute, except as undergone by an entity.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. vii. 228 Those..must look at species either as separate creations or..distinct entities.

†b. An actual quantity (however small). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §123 Eruptions of Aire, though small and slight, give an Entitie of Sound.

c. (See quot. 1881.)

ΚΠ

1881 Spottiswoode in Nature No. 624. 572 In some tubes, the exhaustion of which is very moderate..the blocks of light termed entities by Mr. De La Rue are formed.

4. indefinitely. What exists; ‘being’ generally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > that which exists

entity1604

essential1667

instant1677

ent188.

is1897

1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. xiiii. 40 Our knowledge were equall to vniuersall entitie.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 56 We be but Mites of Entity, and Crumbs of something.

1699 S. Garth Dispensary i. 3 How the dim speck of Entity began T'extend its recent Form, and stretch to Man.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 31 He has become..infinitely less than an atom..an incalculable fraction of positive entity!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	entity
释义	entityn. /ˈɛntɪti/ Forms: 1600s entitie, entitye, ( entite), 1600s– entity. Etymology: < late Latin entitāt-em, < ēns , entis : see ens n. Compare French entité, Italian entità, Spanish entitad. The original sense was abstract, but, in accordance with the usual tendency of such words, it early acquired a concrete sense (= ens n.), which predominates in modern use. 1. Being, existence, as opposed to non-existence; the existence, as distinguished from the qualities or relations, of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] being1340 statec1384 essencion?a1400 existencea1425 essencya1475 existency1548 essentie1552 essence1576 entity1596 existing1616 esse1621 beingness1662 the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > entity, being, or thing thingeOE warec1200 beinga1393 matterc1450 body1587 essence1587 entity1596 existence1605 existency1628 existent1635 essency1647 exister1700 beënt1865 thang1932 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ix. 372 God..is the principall agent of the real and positiue entities thereof. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O7 Both Night and Coldnesse..have reall entitie. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 103 Entity is better than non-entity. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §81 The positive abstract idea of quiddity, entity, or existence. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 108 In the το ὀν and the το μη ὀν, that is to say, in entity and nonentity. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. iii. 189 Entity or real being. 2. That which constitutes the being of a thing; essence, essential nature. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] pitheOE i-cundeeOE roota1325 substancec1330 juicec1380 marrowa1382 formc1385 acta1398 quidditya1398 substantial forma1398 inward1398 savourc1400 inwardc1450 allaya1456 essencya1475 being1521 bottom1531 spirit?1534 summary1548 ecceity1549 core1556 flower1568 formality1570 sum and substance1572 alloy1594 soul1598 inwardness1605 quid1606 fibre1607 selfness1611 whatness1611 essentialityc1616 propera1626 the whole shot1628 substantiala1631 esse1642 entity1643 virtuality1646 ingeny1647 quoddity1647 intimacy1648 ens1649 inbeing1661 essence1667 interiority1701 intrinsic1716 stamen1758 character1761 quidditas1782 hyparxis1792 rasa1800 bone1829 what1861 isness1865 inscape1868 as-suchness1909 Wesen1959 1643 R. Overton Mans Mortallitie vii. 54 He, that is, his Entite, person, even all that went to make him man. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 97 Deare Hope!.. The entity of things that are not yet. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. ii. 16 It is impossible any Thing should Be..without a Nature or Entity. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 399 For the entity of all theoretical truth is nothing else but clear intelligibility. 3. a. concrete. Something that has a real existence; an ens n., as distinguished from a mere function, attribute, relation, etc. †rational entity n. = Latin ens rationis, a thing which has an existence only as an object of reason. ΚΠ 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 209 The specificall difference is a rationall entitie and no more. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 22 This Death..is neither a Substance, nor a Positive Entity, but a meer Privation. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 139 'Till it becomes an ideal Entity, like the Utopia. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. x. 626 No effort of imagination enables us to think of a shock, however minute, except as undergone by an entity. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. vii. 228 Those..must look at species either as separate creations or..distinct entities. †b. An actual quantity (however small). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §123 Eruptions of Aire, though small and slight, give an Entitie of Sound. c. (See quot. 1881.) ΚΠ 1881 Spottiswoode in Nature No. 624. 572 In some tubes, the exhaustion of which is very moderate..the blocks of light termed entities by Mr. De La Rue are formed. 4. indefinitely. What exists; ‘being’ generally. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > that which exists entity1604 essential1667 instant1677 ent188. is1897 1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vi. xiiii. 40 Our knowledge were equall to vniuersall entitie. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 56 We be but Mites of Entity, and Crumbs of something. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary i. 3 How the dim speck of Entity began T'extend its recent Form, and stretch to Man. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 31 He has become..infinitely less than an atom..an incalculable fraction of positive entity! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1596
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