entities

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entities - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Entity \En"ti*ty\, n.; pl. Entities. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens,
     entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit['e].
     See Essence, Is.]
     A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or
     in fact; being; essence; existence.
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           Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
                                                    --Shairp.
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           Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative
           signification.                           --Bentley.
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