ens

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Noun

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ens, n. [L., ens, entis, a thing. See Entity.].

Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings. [1913 Webster]
Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

ens

Existence

N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.