Definition of Preexisting

1. Adjective. Existing previously or before something. "Variations on pre-existent musical themes"

Exact synonyms: Pre-existent, Pre-existing, Preexistent
Similar to: Antecedent
Derivative terms: Preexist, Preexist, Preexistence

Definition of Preexisting

1. Verb. (present participle of preexist) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preexisting

1. preexist [v] - See also: preexist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preexisting

preexcited
preexcites
preexciting
preexempt
preexempted
preexempting
preexempts
preexilic
preexist
preexisted
preexistence
preexistences
preexistency
preexistent
preexistentism
preexisting
preexists
preexpectation
preexpectations
preexperiment
preexponent
preexponential
preexponents
preexpose
preexposed
preexposes
preexposing
preexposure
prefab
prefabbed

Literary usage of Preexisting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Monitoring and Screening in the Workplace: Results of a Survey (1992)
"Nineteen 297-942 - 91 - 2 : QL3 Preexisting Medical Conditions Personnel officers in more than a third (35 percent) of the companies responding to the OTA ..."

2. Regulations Concerning Duties of Employees, Official Superiors, Medical by United States, Employees' Compensation Commission (1919)
"RULES AS TO COMPENSATION IN CASES OF AGGRAVATION OF Preexisting PHYSICAL DEFECTS. [The following rules are intended to serve as a guide and can not be ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"... and others, the one indicated by the preexisting contract of the parties for interest until maturity. If the agreed rate, though not unlawful, ..."

4. Studies On The Neoplatonist Hierocles by Ilsetraut Hadot (2004)
"For Hierocles, as for the Neoplatonists, the Demiurge Creates Without Preexisting Matter, from All Eternity, ..."

5. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure by William Mack, Howard Pervear Nash (1903)
"promissory note in payment of a preexisting debt in part with new consideration Illinois.— Mix c. Bloomington Nat. Bank, 01 111. 20, 33 Am. Rep. ..."

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