existed

ex-ist-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Had real being or reality in the past.

  2. 2.

    Was present or available at a particular time.

  3. 3.

    Lived or survived under particular conditions.

Related words

Antonyms: disappeared, vanished
See also: exist, existence, existing, exists
Synonyms: lived, occurred, was

Etymology

Past tense of exist, from Latin existere ("to step out, appear, exist"), from ex- ("out") + sistere ("to stand").