inbeing
English edit
Etymology edit
From in- + being. Compare Old English onwist (“habitation”), Dutch aanwezigheid (“presence, existence”).
Noun edit
inbeing (countable and uncountable, plural inbeings)
- The fact or state of being in; existence in something else.
- Inherence; inherent existence; indwelling; immanence.
- 1746, Isaac Watts, Useful and Important Questions Concerning Jesus the Son of God Freely Proposed: With a Humble Attempt to Answer Them According to Scripture:
- This is not spoken concerning the union, the inbeing, or indwelling of any distinct divine nature of Christ
- Inward or essential nature; that which a thing is in itself.
- (obsolete, applied to the persons of the Trinity) An indwelling being.
Synonyms edit
- (the fact or state of being in): See also Thesaurus:intrinsicality
References edit
“inbeing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.