existencyn.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/,

/ɛɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/,

/ɛɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s existencie, 1600s– existency.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin existentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin existentia existence n.; compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier existence n.

Now rare.

1. The fact or state of existing; continuance of being; = existence n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1548 W. Hugh tr. Ratramnus Boke of Barthram sig. A.iv^v Vnder the veale of corporall bread and wyne, is the spirituall bodye and bloud of christ yet is there not the existencie [L. existentiae] of too dyuers thynges, that is to saye: of the bodye and the spyrite, but one.

1578 T. Twyne tr. L. Daneau Wonderfull Woorkmanship of World xv. 34 That whiche is God, can haue no beeginning of tyme. Wherfore, the same is most falsly expounded and vnderstoode of time and beeginnyng of existencie [L. existentiae] in Christ.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiii. 137 It..may be doubted whether it be of existency, or really any such stone in the head of a Toad at all.

1654 S. Ashe Funeral Serm. 10 Mar. 25 The existency of Christ in Believers giveth existence to their hopes of glory.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. v. 113 It is impossible that any Being can be eternal with..variety of states or manner of existency.

a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 1 Before the Globe of Eternity was in existency.

1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 5 Existency depending on the arbitrary Divine Pleasure.

1785 Eng. Rev. Feb. 101 It appears not..that the letters were read in this council..; but it may be concluded at least, that they were now actually in existency.

1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns Non-combatant ix. 92 An acquaintance of mine..testified to the existency of the agent and his probable connection with the journals.

1932 Philosophy 7 143 The existence of energy is continuous, and is just as real in the potential form as in the kinetic; only as it belongs to an entity which makes no appeal to the senses, its existency is not all the time conspicuous.

1987 Theatre Jrnl. 39 466 The theory assumes..the existency of a reality outside the theatre.

2. A state or mode of being. Cf. existence n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun]

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tone1641

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attitude1744

situation1765

working order1784

faring1811

status1837

figure1858

1587 E. Hake Oration conteyning Expostulation sig. D^v This long continued peace of ours..hath had none other existencie but in the great power and hand of our God.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xv. f. 79 This temperature must be depainted forth of vs, not according to his existency, as if there were the like extant but according to a kinde of exigency, as it should be inherent.

1710 Tatler No. 246. ⁋1 We stand in the middle of existencies [i.e. between angels and brutes].

1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 59 Why..should Metaphysics, or that science which treats of existencies inaccessible to the senses..be incapable of equal evidence?

1842 Promethean Jan. 1/3 Distinctly independent portional existency in the universe is an absurdity.

1940 J. R. Rodd War Poems 29 Of these myriad frail existencies,..How many are terminate in beauty, fade Fast rooted with no favouring wind!

a. Something that exists; a being, an entity; = existence n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

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

thingeOE

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thang1932

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 202 A whole, sayth he, is twofold, viz. Vniversall; or a totall existency.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 5 See what difference there is betwixt apparencies and existencies.

1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 338 Where lye innumerable multiplicity of Existencies or Beings.

1762 London Chron. 24 June 604/1 So long as he pretends to be representing real existencies, he can have no right to paint them otherwise, than as they appear to the outward senses.

1803 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 14 491 The irreality, which may be predicated of those hypothetical existencies, signified by general terms.

1824 Westm. Rev. 1 480 By the greater intensity of sensations..we judge of real existencies.

1877 Musical Times 18 418/2 The isolated physical facts, the pure consonances, have therefore to shift for themselves when they come into collision with stronger existencies.

1950 W. T. Stace in J. E. Burchard Mid-Century v. 240 I think that there are beings or existencies—this pencil—that table—perhaps my soul.

†b. A concrete form; a substance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > substantiality or subsistence > that which has substantial existence

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1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 235 And bodies Politick have not visible Existencies whereby they may be taken.

1793 Monthly Rev. July 336 There always exists..in a solid and visible form, in the form of houses, buildings, and goods, the whole mass of property which is paid to a banker for his notes. Though not suddenly convertible, his notes, like assignats, are mortgaged on a substantial existency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	existency
释义	existencyn. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/, /ɛɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/, /ɛɡˈzɪst(ə)nsi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s existencie, 1600s– existency. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin existentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin existentia existence n.; compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier existence n. Now rare. 1. The fact or state of existing; continuance of being; = existence n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] being1340 statec1384 essencion?a1400 existencea1425 essencya1475 existency1548 essentie1552 essence1576 entity1596 existing1616 esse1621 beingness1662 1548 W. Hugh tr. Ratramnus Boke of Barthram sig. A.iv^v Vnder the veale of corporall bread and wyne, is the spirituall bodye and bloud of christ yet is there not the existencie [L. existentiae] of too dyuers thynges, that is to saye: of the bodye and the spyrite, but one. 1578 T. Twyne tr. L. Daneau Wonderfull Woorkmanship of World xv. 34 That whiche is God, can haue no beeginning of tyme. Wherfore, the same is most falsly expounded and vnderstoode of time and beeginnyng of existencie [L. existentiae] in Christ. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiii. 137 It..may be doubted whether it be of existency, or really any such stone in the head of a Toad at all. View more context for this quotation 1654 S. Ashe Funeral Serm. 10 Mar. 25 The existency of Christ in Believers giveth existence to their hopes of glory. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. v. 113 It is impossible that any Being can be eternal with..variety of states or manner of existency. a1681 J. Pordage Theologia Mystica (1683) 1 Before the Globe of Eternity was in existency. 1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 5 Existency depending on the arbitrary Divine Pleasure. 1785 Eng. Rev. Feb. 101 It appears not..that the letters were read in this council..; but it may be concluded at least, that they were now actually in existency. 1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns Non-combatant ix. 92 An acquaintance of mine..testified to the existency of the agent and his probable connection with the journals. 1932 Philosophy 7 143 The existence of energy is continuous, and is just as real in the potential form as in the kinetic; only as it belongs to an entity which makes no appeal to the senses, its existency is not all the time conspicuous. 1987 Theatre Jrnl. 39 466 The theory assumes..the existency of a reality outside the theatre. 2. A state or mode of being. Cf. existence n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] statec1225 estatec1230 farea1325 casec1325 beingc1330 degreec1330 condition1340 suita1375 stature?a1513 existence1530 affection?1543 existency1587 subsistence1597 consistence1626 subsistency1628 tone1641 consistency1690 attitude1744 situation1765 working order1784 faring1811 status1837 figure1858 1587 E. Hake Oration conteyning Expostulation sig. D^v This long continued peace of ours..hath had none other existencie but in the great power and hand of our God. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xv. f. 79 This temperature must be depainted forth of vs, not according to his existency, as if there were the like extant but according to a kinde of exigency, as it should be inherent. 1710 Tatler No. 246. ⁋1 We stand in the middle of existencies [i.e. between angels and brutes]. 1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 59 Why..should Metaphysics, or that science which treats of existencies inaccessible to the senses..be incapable of equal evidence? 1842 Promethean Jan. 1/3 Distinctly independent portional existency in the universe is an absurdity. 1940 J. R. Rodd War Poems 29 Of these myriad frail existencies,..How many are terminate in beauty, fade Fast rooted with no favouring wind! 3. a. Something that exists; a being, an entity; = existence n. 3a. ΘΚΠ 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 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 202 A whole, sayth he, is twofold, viz. Vniversall; or a totall existency. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 5 See what difference there is betwixt apparencies and existencies. 1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 338 Where lye innumerable multiplicity of Existencies or Beings. 1762 London Chron. 24 June 604/1 So long as he pretends to be representing real existencies, he can have no right to paint them otherwise, than as they appear to the outward senses. 1803 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 14 491 The irreality, which may be predicated of those hypothetical existencies, signified by general terms. 1824 Westm. Rev. 1 480 By the greater intensity of sensations..we judge of real existencies. 1877 Musical Times 18 418/2 The isolated physical facts, the pure consonances, have therefore to shift for themselves when they come into collision with stronger existencies. 1950 W. T. Stace in J. E. Burchard Mid-Century v. 240 I think that there are beings or existencies—this pencil—that table—perhaps my soul. †b. A concrete form; a substance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [noun] > substantiality or subsistence > that which has substantial existence substance1340 substant1597 substantiality1603 subsistence1605 subsistencya1628 existency1651 subsistent1656 substander1662 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 235 And bodies Politick have not visible Existencies whereby they may be taken. 1793 Monthly Rev. July 336 There always exists..in a solid and visible form, in the form of houses, buildings, and goods, the whole mass of property which is paid to a banker for his notes. Though not suddenly convertible, his notes, like assignats, are mortgaged on a substantial existency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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