preexistent
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- pre-existent
- preëxistent (uncommon)
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
preexistent (not comparable)
- Existing previously.
- Preceding existence.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 3:
- a preexistent state
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “preexistent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French préexistant.
Adjective edit
preexistent m or n (feminine singular preexistentă, masculine plural preexistenți, feminine and neuter plural preexistente)
Declension edit
Declension of preexistent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | preexistent | preexistentă | preexistenți | preexistente | ||
definite | preexistentul | preexistenta | preexistenții | preexistentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | preexistent | preexistente | preexistenți | preexistente | ||
definite | preexistentului | preexistentei | preexistenților | preexistentelor |