Ex*ist"en*cy (?), n. Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Ex*ist"ent (?), a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.
The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent.
Dryden.
Ex`is*ten"tial (?), a. Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. -- Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic]
Existentially as well as essentially intelligent.
Colerige.
Ex*ist"er (?), n. One who exists.
Ex*ist"i*ble (?), a. Capable of existence. Grew.
Ex*is`ti*ma"tion (?), n. [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate.] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.
||Ex"it (?). [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.] He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.
Ex"it, n. [See 1st Exit.] 1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
They have their exits and their entrances.
Shak.
2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death.
Cowper.