Definition of "preexists" [preexists]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preexist. (verb)

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• "In a recent thread a link pointed to an argument made by Peter Williams that a mind preexists the development of a brain."
• "A phenomena within health care, often applied when no rational scientific explanation can be given, preexists medicine itself."
• "As I may have mentioned before, I'm a great believer in the Emerson maxim: "The end preexists in the means.""