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1be
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Pronunciation: 'bE(-i)[ng]
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 a : the quality or state of having existence b (1)
: something conceivable as existing (2) : something that actually exists
(3) : the totality of existing things c : conscious existence : LIFE
2 : the qualities that constitute an existent thing
: ESSENCE; especially : PERSONALITY
3 : a living thing; especially : PERSON
Supreme Being
Function: noun
Date: 1699
: GOD 1
(Dicionário: University of Chicago - Thesaurus)
Existence.
N. existence, being, entity, ens[Lat], esse[Lat], subsistence.
reality, actuality; positiveness &c. adj.; fact,
matter of fact, sober reality; truth &c. 494; actual existence.
presence &c. (existence in space) 186; coexistence
&c. 120.
stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream &c. 515;
no joke.
center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality,
vital principle.
[Science of existence], ontology.
V. exist, be; have being &c. n.; subsist, live,
breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur &c. (event) 151; have place,
prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.
consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained
in, be constituted by.
come into existence &c. n.; arise &c. (begin)
66; come forth &c. (appear) 446.
become &c. (be converted) 144; bring into existence
&c. 161.
abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.
Adj. existing &c. v.; existent, under the sun;
in existence &c. n.; extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent;
undestroyed.
real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c. 494;
substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential.
well-founded, well-grounded; unideal[obs3], unimagined;
not potential &c. 2; authentic.
Adv. actually &c. adj.; in fact, in point of fact,
in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto.
Phr. ens rationis[Lat]; ergo sum cogito: "thinkest
thou existence doth depend on time?" [Lat][Byron].
Inexistence.
N. inexistence[obs3]; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; nonentity,
nil; negativeness &c. adj.; nullity; nihility[obs3], nihilism; tabula
rasa[Lat], blank; abeyance; absence &c. 187; no such thing &c.
4; nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion.
annihilation; extinction &c. (destruction) 162;
extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration.
V. not exist &c. 1; have no existence &c.
1; be null and void; cease to exist &c. 1; pass away, perish; be extinct,
become extinct &c. adj.; die out; disappear &c. 449; melt away,
dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die &c. 360.
annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate &c.
756; destroy &c. 162; take away; remove &c. (displace) 185; obliterate,
extirpate.
Adj. inexistent[obs3], nonexistent &c. 1; negative,
blank; missing, omitted; absent &c. 187,; insubstantial, shadowy, spectral,
visionary.
unreal, potential, virtual; baseless, in nubibus[Lat];
unsubstantial &c. 4; vain.
unborn, uncreated[obs3], unbegotten, unconceived,
unproduced, unmade.
perished, annihilated, &c. v.; extinct, exhausted,
gone, lost, vanished, departed, gone with the wind; defunct &c. (dead)
360.
fabulous, ideal &c. (imaginary) 515, supposititious
&c. 514.
Adv. negatively, virtually &c. adj.
Phr. non ens[Lat].
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Substantiality.
N. substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object,
article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance,
flesh and blood, stuff , substratum; matter &c. 316; corporeity[obs3],
element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital
part.
[Totality of existences], world &c. 318; plenum.
Adj. substantive, substantial; hypostatic; personal,
bodily, tangible &c. (material) 316; corporeal.
Adv. substantially &c. adj.; bodily, essentially.
Mankind.
N. man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind,
human nature; humanity, mortality, flesh, generation.
[Science of man] anthropology, anthropogeny[obs3],
anthropography[obs3], anthroposophy[obs3]; ethnology, ethnography; humanitarian.
human being; person, personage; individual, creature,
fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody; one; such a one, some one; soul,
living soul; earthling; party, head, hand; dramatis personae[Lat]; quidam[Lat].
people, persons, folk, public, society, world; community,
community at large; general public; nation, nationality; state, realm;
commonweal, commonwealth; republic, body politic; million &c. (commonalty)
876; population &c. (inhabitant) 188.
tribe, clan (paternity) 166; family (consanguinity)
11.
cosmopolite; lords of the creation; ourselves.
Adj. human, mortal, personal, individual, national,
civic, public, social; cosmopolitan; anthropoid.
Phr. "am I not a man and a brother?" [Wedgwood].
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Thought.
N. thought; exercitation of the intellect[obs3], exercise
of the intellect; intellection; reflection, cogitation, consideration,
meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head
work, brain work; cerebration; deep reflection; close study, application
&c. (attention) 457.
abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing;
brown study &c. (inattention) 458; reverie, Platonism; depth of thought,
workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing,
self- consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy,
philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the Porch.
association of thought, succession of thought, flow
of thought, train of thought, current of thought, association of ideas,
succession of ideas, flow of ideas, train of ideas, current of ideas.
after thought, mature thought; reconsideration, second
thoughts; retrospection &c. (memory) 505; excogitation[obs3]; examination
&c. (inquiry) 461 invention &c. (imagination) 515.
thoughtfulness &c. adj.
V. think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate[obs3], consider,
deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate,
contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate; brood over, con over;
animadvert, study; bend -, apply mind &c. (attend) 457; digest, discuss,
hammer at, weigh, perpend; realize, appreciate; fancy &c. (imagine)
515; trow[obs3].
take into consideration; take counsel &c. (be
advised) 695; commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts;
revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew
the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's
pillow.
rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's
brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains; set one's brain to work,
set one's wits to work.
harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea,
nurture an idea &c. 453; take into one's head; bear in mind; reconsider.
occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's
head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost,
run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash
on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on
the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.
make an impression; sink into the mind, penetrate
into the mind; engross the thoughts.
Adj. thinking &c. v.; thoughtful, pensive, meditative,
reflective, museful[obs3], wistful, contemplative, speculative, deliberative,
studious, sedate, introspective, Platonic, philosophical.
lost in thought &c. (inattentive) 458; deep musing
&c. (intent) 457.
in the mind, under consideration.
Adv. all things considered.
Phr. the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning
upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to
meditation " [Richard III]; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin[Fr][obs3];
" fresh- pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought " [O. Meredith]; "
go speed the stars of Thought "[Emerson]; " in maiden meditation fancy-free
" [M. N. D.]; " so sweet is zealous contemplation " [Richard III]; " the
power of thought is the magic of the Mind " [Byron]; " those that think
must govern those that toil " [Goldsmith]; " thought is parent of the deed
" [Carlyle]; " thoughts in attitudes imperious " [Longfellow]; " thoughts
that breathe and words that burn " [Gray]; vivere est cogitare [Lat][Cicero];
Volk der Dichter und Denker [Ger].
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State.
N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim,
mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect &c. (appearance) 448, dilemma,
pass, predicament.
constitution, habitude, diathesis[obs3]; frame, fabric
&c. 329; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould.
mode, modality, schesis[obs3]; form &c. (shape)
240.
tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion,
style, character.
V. be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state,
labor under a state &c. n.; be on a footing, do, fare; come to pass.
Adj. conditional, modal, formal; structural, organic.
Adv. conditionally &c. adj.; as the matter stands,
as things are; such being the case &c. 8.
Relative
Deity.
N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship[obs3]; Omnipotence,
Providence; Heaven [metonymically].
[Quality of being divine] divineness[obs3], divinity.
God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah[obs3]; The Almighty,
The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the Prime Mover; Ens Entium[Lat]; Author
of all things, Creator of all things; Author of our being; Cosmoplast[obs3];
El;
V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj.
have a longing &c. n.; hope &c. 858. The Infinite, The Eternal;
The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All- merciful, The All-holy.
[Attributes and perfections] infinite power, infinite
wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy;
omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence; unity, immutability, holiness,
glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity.
The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity,
The Triune God, God the Father Son and Holy Ghost .
God the Father; The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver.
[Functions] creation, preservation, divine government;
Theocracy, Thearchy[obs3]; providence; ways of Providence, dealings of
Providence, dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence.
[Christian God: second person] God the Son, Jesus,
Christ; The Messiah, The Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator,
The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man,
The Son of David; The Lamb of God, The Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel;
The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace,
The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The
Light of the World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; "The Pilot
of the Galilean lake" [Milton].
The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union.
[Functions] salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation,
mediation, intercession, judgment.
[Christian God: third person] God the Holy Ghost,
The Holy Spirit, Paraclete[Theol]; The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth,
The Dove.
[Functions] inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification,
consolation.
eon, aeon, special providence, deus ex machina[Lat];
avatar.
V. create, move, uphold, preserve, govern &c.
atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate &c.
predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify,
sanctify, glorify &c.
Adj. almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly,
celestial; sacrosanct; all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise; omniscient.
superhuman, supernatural; ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical[obs3],
unearthly; theistic, theocratic; anointed; soterial[obs3].
Adj. jure divino[Lat], by divine right.
Phr. Domine dirige nos[Lat]; en Dieu est ma fiance[Fr];
et sceleratis sol oritur [Lat][Seneca]; "He mounts the storm and walks
upon the wind" [Pope]; "Thou great First Cause, least understood" [Pope];
sans Dieu rien[Fr]. |