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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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