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Search phrase: exist

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
King LearKL I.i.112From whom we do exist, and cease to be,From whom we do exist, and cease to be,
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.20For thou exists on many a thousand grainsFor thou exists on manie a thousand graines
OthelloOth III.iv.108Exist and be a member of his love,Exist, and be a member of his loue,

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Glossary

 24 result(s).
afooton the go, in existence
Arabian birdphoenix [mythical bird, of which only one existed at any time]
beingphysical existence, life
breathlife, spirit, living and breathing existence
breedcherish, nurture, bring into existence
comecome into existence, be displayed
dateduration, period of existence
datelifetime, term of existence
dwellexist, continue, persist
earthlywithin the earth, existing in the ground
endurelive out a life, continue in existence
eternityperpetual existence, lasting for ever
extantin existence, living, existing
fantasticimagined, existing only in the mind
golive, exist, breathe
growarise, come into existence
hangkeep in one piece, carry on existing
lifecontinued existence, survival
mistrustsuspect the existence of, apprehend, anticipate
no-verbword of warning; or: non-existing word
presentremaining, surviving, still existing
standingcontinuing existence, duration
subject[unclear meaning] entity with a real-world existence
unbornnot existing, without being

Thesaurus

 37 result(s).
bring into existencebreed
come into existencecome
come into existencegrow
continuing existencelife
continuing existencestanding
existdwell
existgo
existencebe
existencecome
existencehigh-engendered
existence, bring intobreed
existence, come intocome
existence, come intogrow
existence, continuinglife
existence, continuingstanding
existence, entity with a real-worldsubject
existence, inafoot
existence, inextant
existence, living and breathingbreath
existence, period ofdate
existence, perpetualeternity
existence, physicalbeing
existence, term ofdate
existing stillpresent
existing, carry onhang
existing, notunborn
ground, existing in theearthly
living and breathing existencebreath
mind, existing only in thefantastic
non-existing wordno-verb
period of existencedate
perpetual existenceeternity
physical existencebeing
still existingpresent
suspect the existence ofmistrust
term of existencedate
word, non-existing no-verb

Themes and Topics

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Attention signals...devices are used which either no longer exist in modern standard english or (as in th...
Comparison...an inflected and a periphrastic form co-exist the choice can be exploited poetically...
Past tenses...rns of change old forms for a while co-exist alongside new ones and sometimes conve...
Plurals...pearean situation is complicated by the existence of forms which might reflect a pers...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EXISTBASICexist v

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