preexistent

See also: préexistent, pre-existent, and preëxistent

English

Alternative forms

• pre-existent
• preëxistent (uncommon)

Etymology

pre- +‎ existent

Adjective

preexistent (not comparable)

1. Existing previously.
2. Preceding existence.
   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 3:

     a preexistent state

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “preexistent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French préexistant.

Adjective

preexistent m or n (feminine singular preexistentă, masculine plural preexistenți, feminine and neuter plural preexistente)

1. preexisting

Declension

Declension of preexistent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	preexistent		preexistentă	preexistenți	preexistente
	definite	preexistentul		preexistenta	preexistenții	preexistentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	preexistent		preexistente	preexistenți	preexistente
	definite	preexistentului		preexistentei	preexistenților	preexistentelor