N. existence, being,
entity,
ens, esse,
subsistence, reality,
actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence,
coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle,
[Science of existence],
ontology V. exist, be, have being,
subsist, live,
breathe, stand, obtain, be the case, occur, have place, prevail, find oneself, pass the time,
vegetate, consist in, lie in, be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by, come into existence, arise, come forth, become, bring into existence,
abide, continue,
endure, last, remain, stay
Adj. existing,
existent, under the sun, in existence, extant,
afloat,
afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial,
substantive, self-existing,
self-existent, essential, well-founded,
well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic
Adv. actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto
Phr. ens rationis; ergo sum cogito; "thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?"
N. diuturnity, a long time, a length of time, an age, a century, an eternity, slowness,
perpetuity, blue moon, coon's age, dog's age,
durableness,
durability,
persistence, endlessness, lastingness, continuance, standing, permanence survival,
survivance,
longevity, distance of time, protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time, delay
V. last,
endure, stand, remain,
abide, continue, brave a thousand years,
tarry, drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain,
protract,
prolong, spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out,
temporize, gain time, make time, talk against time, outlast, outlive,
survive, live to fight again
Adj. durable, lasting, of long duration, of long-standing, permanent, endless,
chronic, long-standing,
intransient, intransitive,
intransmutable,
persistent,
lifelong,
livelong,
longeval,
long-lived,
macrobiotic,
diuturnal,
evergreen,
perennial,
sempervirent, sempervirid,
unrelenting,
unintermitting,
unremitting, perpetual,
lingering,
protracted, prolonged, spun out, long-pending, long- winded, slow
Adv. long, for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day, long ago, longo intervallo, all the day long, all the year round, the livelong day, as the day is long, morning noon and night, hour after hour, day after day, &c, for good, permanently
N. stability,
quiescence,
obstinacy,
permanence,
persistence,
endurance,
durability, standing,
status quo, maintenance, preservation,
conservation,
conservation, law of the medes and persians, standing dish
V. let alone, let be, let it be,
persist, remain, stay,
tarry, rest,
stet, hold, hold on, last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast,
subsist, live, outlive,
survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good
Adj. stable,
persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c. (change ), renewed,
intact,
inviolate,
persistent,
monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed,
unrepealed, unsuppressed,
conservative, qualis ab incepto,
prescriptive,
stationary Adv. in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill,
uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning
Phr. esto perpetua, nolumus leges angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste
N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident,
affair, matter, thing,
episode, happening, proceeding,
contingency,
juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon,
advent, business,
concern,
transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular,
casualty, accident,
adventure, passage,
crisis, pass,
emergency,
contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion) 143, the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation
V. happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in,
befall,
betide,
bechance, prove,
eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up,
supervene,
survene, issue, arrive,
ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy,
encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find,
endure Adj. happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air,
afloat, on foot,
afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question,
incidental, eventful,
stirring,
bustling, full of incident, memorable,
momentous, signal
Adv. eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen
Phr. that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, "breasts the blows of circumstance", "so runs round of life from hour to hour" "sprinkled along the waste of years", future events
N. feeling, suffering,
endurance,
tolerance,
sufferance,
supportance, experience,
response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation,
emotion,
pathos, deep sense,
warmth,
glow,
unction,
gusto,
vehemence,
fervor,
fervency,
heartiness,
cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement,
gush,
ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm,
verve,
furore,
fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion,
ecstasy,
blush,
suffusion,
flush,
hectic,
tingling,
thrill, turn,
shock, agitation,
quiver,
heaving,
flutter,
flurry,
fluster,
twitter,
tremor,
throb,
throbbing,
pulsation,
palpitation,
panting,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle, hurry of spirits,
pother,
stew,
ferment, state of excitement
V. feel, receive an impression, be impressed with, entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling,
respond, catch the flame, catch the infection, enter the spirit of, bear, suffer, support,
sustain,
endure,
thole,
aby,
abide, experience, taste, prove, labor under, smart under, bear the brunt of,
brave, stand, swell,
glow, warm,
flush,
blush, change color,
mantle, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face,
tingle,
thrill,
heave,
pant,
throb,
palpitate, go pitapat,
tremble,
quiver,
flutter,
twitter,
shake, be agitated, be excited, look blue, look black,
wince, draw a deep breath, impress
Adj. feeling,
sentient,
sensuous,
sensorial,
sensory,
emotive,
emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively,
smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting,
piercing,
incisive, keen, keen as a razor,
trenchant,
pungent,
racy,
piquant,
poignant,
caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt,
heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring,
deep-mouthed,
heart-expanding, electric,
thrilling,
rapturous,
ecstatic, earnest,
wistful, eager, breathless,
fervent,
fervid,
gushing,
passionate,
warm-hearted,
hearty,
cordial,
sincere,
zealous,
enthusiastic,
glowing, ardent, burning,
red-hot,
fiery, flaming, boiling over,
pervading,
penetrating,
absorbing,
rabid,
raving,
feverish,
fanatical,
hysterical,
impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap,
rapt, in a quiver,
enraptured Adv. heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore,
heartily,
devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels
Phr. the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy) 897
N. inexcitability, imperturbability,
inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion,
tolerance,
patience, coolth, passiveness,
hebetude,
hebetation,
impassibility,
stupefaction, coolness, calmness,
composure,
placidity, indisturbance,
imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility,
serenity, quiet,
quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness,
staidness, gravity,
sobriety,
quakerism, philosophy,
equanimity,
stoicism, command of temper,
self-possession,
self-control,
self-command,
self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission,
resignation,
sufferance,
supportance,
endurance, longsufferance,
forbearance,
longanimity,
fortitude, patience of job, patience "on a monument", patience "sovereign o'er transmuted ill",
moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint,
tranquillization V. be composed, laisser faire, laisser aller, take things easily, take things as they come, take it easy, rub on, live and let live, take easily, take cooly, take in good part, aequam servare mentem, bear the brunt, bear well, go through, support,
endure,
brave, disregard,
tolerate, suffer, stand,
bide,
abide,
aby, bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with,
acquiesce, submit, submit with a good grace, resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to,
brook,
digest, eat,
swallow,
pocket, stomach, make light of, make the best of, make "a virtue of necessity", put a good face on, keep one's countenance, check check oneself,
compose,
appease,
propitiate, repress, render insensible, overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability, master one's feelings, make oneself easy, make one's mind easy, set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest, calm down, cool down, gentle,
thaw, grow cool, be borne, be endured, go down
Adj. inexcitable, unexcitable,
imperturbable,
unsusceptible,
unpassionate,
dispassionate,
cold-blooded,
irritable,
enduring,
stoical,
platonic, philosophic,
staid, stayed,
sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge,
sedate,
demure,
cool-headed,
easy-going, peaceful,
placid, calm, quiet as a mouse,
tranquil,
serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited,
unstirred,
unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed,
unimpassioned,
unoffended, unresisting,
meek,
tolerant, patient, patient as job,
submissive,
tame, content, resigned,
chastened, subdued,
lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement,
long-suffering Adv. "like patience on a monument smiling at grief", aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger
Phr. "cool calm and collected", keep calm in the midst of a storm, "adversity's sweet milk, philosophy", mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, "they also serve who only stand and wait", section ii, personal affections 1, passive affections
