PREEXIST - Definition

Pronunciation:		`preeig'zist
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[v] exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time; "Did this condition pre-exist?"

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	See Also:	be, exist

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pre`["e]x*ist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre["e]xisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre["e]xisting}.] To exist previously; to exist before something else.