In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EXISTING
existent, existing
(adjective) having existence or being or actuality; “an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient”; “much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran”
existing
(adjective) presently existing; “the existing system”
existing
(adjective) existing in something specified; “depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
existing
present participle of exist
Adjective
existing (not comparable)
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
Synonyms
• existent; See also existent
Anagrams
• exitings
Source: Wiktionary
EXIST
Ex*ist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing.] Etym: [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See Stand.]
1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. South.
2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.
3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.
Syn.
– See Be.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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