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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