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Definition of Preexist
1. Verb. Exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time. "Did this condition pre-exist?"
Definition of Preexist
1. Verb. To exist before something else. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preexist
1. to exist before [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preexist
Literary usage of Preexist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies On The Neoplatonist Hierocles by Ilsetraut Hadot (2004)
"Two Texts by Porphyry on the Fact That Matter Does Not preexist We have seen that
both a Neoplatonist like Proclus, and the Middle Platonists we mentioned, ..."
2. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1902)
"... preexist premise, n. pretense preterit pretor ... preexist preexist premise
premise pretense pretense preterit preterit pretor pretor ..."
3. The Atlantis by Dublin University College (1862)
"And it must be the case that they either at first have no existence and are all
inserted [afterwards], or at first all preexist, or else some preexist and ..."
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