Webster's English Dictionary

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being

be.ing \'be--in\ n 1a: the quality or state of having existence  1b1: 
   something conceivable as existing  1b2: something that actually exists  
   1b3: the totality of existing things  1c: conscious existence : LIFE  2: 
   the qualities that constitute an existent thing : ESSENCE; es p : 
   PERSONALITY 3: a living thing; esp : PERSON