Existent \Ex*ist"ent\, a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.]

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)