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existent

/ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nt/ adjective

Latin root: existens Wiktionary

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  1. Existing; having life or being, current; occurring now.

noun

  1. a being or entity that exists independently

Origin

From Latin existens, from existere. By surface analysis, exist + -ent.

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