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inexist

inexist verb: to exist or live within.

Verb

inexist (third-person singular simple present inexists, present participle inexisting, simple past and past participle inexisted)

  1. (obsolete) To exist or live within.
    • the Object Inexists in the Knowiag[sic] Power as Another Thing1700, John Sergeant, Transnatural Philisophy
    • subsistencies inexisting within the divine Mind1768–1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued

Forms of inexist

third-person singular presentinexists
present participleinexisting
past participleinexisted
pastinexisted

Origin of inexist

From in- + exist.

Questions about inexist

What does inexist mean?
Inexist means to exist or live within.
What part of speech is inexist?
Inexist is a verb.
What is the past tense of inexist?
The past tense of inexist is inexisted.

Words near inexist in the dictionary

  1. inexhaustible
  2. inexhaustibleness
  3. inexhaustibly
  4. inexhaustive
  5. inexigent
  6. inexist
  7. inexistant
  8. inexisted
  9. inexistence
  10. inexistences
  11. inexistent

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