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T H E S A U R U S O F E N G L I S H

WORDS AND PHRASES

C L A S S I

WORDS EXPRESSING ABSTRACT RELATIONS

SECTION I. — EXISTENCE

i . BEING IN THE ABSTRACT
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1. EXISTENCE ( Substantives ), 2. INEXISTENCE (Substantives),
being, entity, ens, subsistence, non-existence, nonentity, nihil,

co-existence ( 120). nil, non-subsistence, non-exist-
Reality, actuality, positive- ence, nullity, vacuity (4), nega-

ness, absoluteness, fact, truth, tiveness, absence ( 187), removal
etc. (494); actualisation. (185).
Science of existence: Ontol- Annihilation, abeyance, ex-

ogy - tinction, see Destruction (1G2)
Existence in space, 186. and Disappearance ^ 449); Ab-

( Phrases). The sober reality; sence (187 ); nirvana.
hard fact; matter of fact; the Philosophy of non-existence:
whole truth. Nihilism.
( Verbs). To be, to exist, have ( Phrases ). No such thing ; day-

being, subsist, live, breathe, dream; fata Morgana ; mirage;

stand, obtain, occur, prevail, ftlrs. Harris; “ men in buckram. ”
be so, find itself, take place, ( Verbs ). Not to be, not to
consist in, lie in. exist, etc.

To come into existence, arise, ( Phrases). To have no being:
come out, emerge, come forth, to have no existence; to be null

appear (448). and void.
To bring into existence, pro- To cease to be, pass away,
duce, bring forth, discover, etc. perish, vanish, fade away, dis-
( 161 ), objectify. solve, melt a\va 3 \ disappear (449 ),

( Adjectives ). Existing, being, to be annihilated, extinct, etc . ,
subsisting, subsistent , in being, to die (3G0), to die out.
in existence, extant, living, ( Phrases). To be no more; “ to

breathing, obtaining, prevailing, leave not a rack behind ; “ dis-
”
prevalent, current. appear into thin air ; to be
”
Real, actual, positive, absolute, brought out of existence.
substantial, substantive, sdf -ex- ( Adjectives ). Incxistent, non-

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