preexist
verb (used without object)
to exist beforehand.
preexistent
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a word derived from
preexist.
Example Sentences
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De Creeft believes that a sculpture, like the chicken in the egg, is partially "preexistent" in the shape of the block, the grain, the texture.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Thine ancient treasury confer a new being and animus, and from Thy preexistent abode assist them to attain to new confirmations.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
The truth will activate directly the preexistent action model, which is in this case to flee.
From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa
This question cannot be settled by saying that "it would be a mere waste of time and space to enumerate the proofs which show that the Universe was created by a preexistent and self-conscious Being."
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
Though the rays are always inseparable from the sun, nevertheless, the sun is preexistent and the rays are phenomenal, for the existence of the rays depends upon that of the sun.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
