being
Webster 1828
BE'ING, participle present tense [See Be.] Existing in a certain state.Man, being in honor, abideth not. Psalms 49:12.BE'ING, noun Existence; as, God is the author of our being In God we live, and move, and have our being Acts 17:28.1. A particular state or condition. [This is hardly a different sense.]2. A person existing; applied to the human race.3. An immaterial, intelligent existence, or spirit.Superior beings, when of late they saw.A mortal man unfold all nature's law--4. An animal; any living creature.Animals are such beings, as are endowed with sensation and spontaneous motion