inbeing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fact or state of being in; existence in something else.
  2. Inherence; inherent existence; indwelling; immanence.
  3. Inward or essential nature; that which a thing is in itself.
  4. An indwelling being.

Word forms

inbeing inbeings

Etymology

From in- + being. Compare Old English onwist (“habitation”), Dutch aanwezigheid (“presence, existence”).

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