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noun
The fact or state of being in; existence in something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Inherence; inherent existence; indwelling; immanence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Inward or essential nature; that which a thing is in itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An indwelling being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Qualifier: applied to the persons of the Trinity
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History
From in- + being. Compare Old English onwist (“habitation”), Dutch aanwezigheid (“presence, existence”).
