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ex·ist (ĭg-zĭst́)

[Latin existere, exsistere, to come forth, be manifest, ex-, ex-, + sistere, to stand.]

intransitive verb: -ist·ed, -ist·ing, -ists. 

  1. To have actual being; be real.
  2. To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed.
  3. To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist.
  4. To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas.
  5. To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur: “Wealth and poverty exist in every demographic category” (Thomas G. Exter)