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preexist

verb

Etymology

From pre- + exist.

  1. derived from *stísteh₂ti✻
  2. derived from exsisto
  3. derived from exister
  4. prefixed as preexist — “pre + exist”

Definitions

  1. To exist before something else.

    • The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.

The neighborhood

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