Definition of Existence

Exile

EXISTENCE noun

	A transient, horrible, fantastic dream, Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem: From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: 'O fudge!'

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Experience

Regular definition:

EXISTENCE:
???z?st?ns n. 1 the fact or condition of being or existing. 2 the manner of one's existing or living, esp. under adverse conditions (a wretched existence). 3 an existing thing. 4 all that exists. [ME f. OF existence or LL existentia f. L exsistere (as EX-(1), stare stand)]

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