preexistent
English
editAlternative forms
edit- pre-existent
- preëxistent (uncommon)
Etymology
editAdjective
editpreexistent (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French préexistant.
Adjective
editpreexistent m or n (feminine singular preexistentă, masculine plural preexistenți, feminine and neuter plural preexistente)
Declension
editDeclension 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 |