(n.) Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
(n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
(n.) Lifetime; mortal existence.
(n.) An abode; a cottage.
(adv.) Since; inasmuch as.
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Heterogenesis
Definition:
(n.) Spontaneous generation, so called.
(n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.