preexistent

See also: préexistent and pre-existent

English

Alternative forms

• pre-existent

Etymology

pre- +‎ existent

Adjective

preexistent (not comparable)

1. Existing previously.
2. Preceding existence.

   a preexistent state

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)