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present participle and gerund of beform-ofgerundparticiple
being
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A living creature.countableuncountable
- Minute grew into minute, and still there was no sign of life, nor did the curtain move; but I felt the gaze of the unknown being sinking through and through me, and filling me with a nameless terror, till the perspiration stood in beads upo
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The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.countableuncountable
- 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
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That which has actuality (materially or in concept).countableuncountable
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One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.countableuncountable
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An abode; a cottage.countableobsoleteuncountable
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
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Given that; since.
- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many[…].