noun.
In logic, presence in the universe, system, or total collection of individual objects considered.
noun.
Actual being; being at a certain moment or throughout a certain period of time; being such as ordinary objects possess. See being.
noun.
Hence Life; vital or sentient being; state of life.
noun.
That which exists; that which actually is an individual thing; an actuality.
noun.
Reality; fact; truth.