单词 | superexist |
释义 | superexistv. rare. 1. intransitive. To exist on a higher plane.In quot. 1678: (perhaps) to have existence after death (cf. quot. 1733 at sense 2). ΚΠ 1678 T. Tenison Of Idolatry iii. 34 They have rightly judged the Soul so Divine in its operations, as to superexist. 1844 R. W. Emerson Poet in Ess. (1851) 177 The sea, the mountain ridge, Niagara, and every flower-bed, preexist, or super~exist, in pre-cantations. 1990 A. Maurer Being & Knowing xii. 206 The objection may be raised that we do not demonstrate absolutely that God exists, but that he superexists [1954 that He is above every other being]; in short, that he is above being. 2. transitive. To exist beyond or outside. ΚΠ 1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul ii. 95 If they [sc. human souls] super-exist the dissolution of their material systems, it must be for a different purpose. 2007 H. Wasson in C. R. Acland Residual Media ix. 168 The museum reaffirmed and extended its museological influence, making its films available to a growing but privileged and specialized film circuit that superexisted commercial cinemas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1678 |
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