BE'ING, participle present tense [See Be.] Existing in a certain state. Man, being in honor, abideth not. Psalms 49:12. BE'ING,noun Existence; as, God is the author of our being In God we live, and move, and have our being Acts 17:28. 1. A particular state or condition. [This is hardly a different sense.] 2. A person existing; applied to the human race. 3. An immaterial, intelligent existence, or spirit. Superior beings, when of late they saw. A mortal man unfold all nature's law-- 4. An animal; any living creature. Animals are such beings, as are endowed with sensation and spontaneous motion.
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