exist
ex.ist \ig-'zist\ vi [L exsistere to come into being, exist, fr. ex- + sistere to]stand; akin to L stare to stand - more at STAND 1a: to have real being whether material or spiritual 1b: to have being in space and time 1c: to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limit ations or conditions 1d: to have contingent but free and responsible being 2: to continue to be : LIVE