intransitive. figurative. Chiefly poetic. Of a thing: to exist, be found.

To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist…

intransitive. To be.

In passive, ‘To be found’ = to be. Cf. German sich befinden, French se trouver.

to be beleft was often used in the sense of ‘To remain, to be’; also ‘to be become of’.

to consist of: to be made up or composed of; to have as its constituent substance or elements. (Of was here originally = from, out of. Consist of was…

To have reality or being. intransitive. To be real or actual; to be a part of objective reality. Also: spec. (Logic) (of a property or kind of…

transitive. Used as a humorous threat to a musician: to give ‘re’ to. Cf. re, n.1

intransitive. figurative. With prepositional phrase as complement: to be alive or present in a person or thing, among a group of people, etc.