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being (iou)



being noun. ME.
[from BE + -ING1.]
Existence, material or immaterial; life. ME.
being-for-itself Philosophy conscious being, being as actuality. being-in-itself Philosophy being that lacks conscious awareness, being as potentiality. call into being: see CALL verb. fleet in being: see FLEET noun1. in being existing, in existence.
Bible (Tyndale): Acts 17:28 In him we lyve, move & have oure beynge. S. Johnson Good humour..is the balm of being. E. A. Freeman The house had no corporate being. Tolkien The Light of the Trees I brought into being.
b. Existence in some specified condition, circumstance, etc. E16.
Bible (Coverdale): Luke 9:33 Master here is good beynge for vs. G. Burnet What he has acquired during his being a Bishop. W. Faulkner Evil is a part of man,..the same as repentance and being brave.
Condition; standing, position; livelihood. ME-E19.
Steele Such..as want help towards getting into some being in the world.
Substance, constitution; nature, essence; person. ME.
Trevisa The comparyson bitwene a poynte and a lyne in beynge. M. de la Roche He awoke with a start, excited in all his being. B. Bettelheim Man's innermost being..man's soul.
That which exists or is conceived as existing; esp. a person or other intelligent creature. LME.
human being: see HUMAN adjective. the Supreme Being God.
Baroness Orczy A surging, seething, murmuring crowd, of beings that are human only in name. I. Murdoch A separate being with troubles and desires of her own. C. Sagan The probability that we are frequently visited by extraterrestrial beings.
beingness noun M17.