preexist
verb (used without object)
to exist beforehand.
preexistence
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a word derived from
preexist.
Example Sentences
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Those products which bear the smallest ratio to the total wealth, those which come last in the industrial series and whose creation supposes the preexistence of all the others.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
Essential preexistence is an existence which is not preceded by a cause, but essential phenomena are preceded by causes.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
To "regulate" admits or affirms the preexistence of the thing to be regulated.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
The spirit is independent of the body, and in relation to it the spirit is an essential preexistence.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
The second sort of preexistence is the preexistence of time, and that has no beginning.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
