preexistent
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Adjective (1)
- existing previously or before something“variations on pre-existent musical themes”Synonyms: pre-existentpreexistingpre-existingOpposite subsequentSimilar antecedent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pre′ëx·ist′ent adjective
Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Alexander Pope
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54