BEING Copy link • BEINGexistence. The Latins express this notion by the verb esse; e.g., he denies the being of the gods, nullos esse deos putat; deos esse negat: he asserts the being of the gods, deos esse dicit: he utterly rejects the being of a God, deum ex rerum natura tollit: to fulfill the purpose of one’s being, legi, qua nati sumus, respondere or satisfacere. Being, participle. Vid :, BE. [I being present, me praesente (not in mea praesentia); coram me.]