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preëxist

preëxist is the rare spelling of preexist.

Meaning of preexist

Verb

preexist (third-person singular simple present preexists, present participle preexisting, simple past and past participle preexisted)

  1. (intransitive) To exist before something else.
    • The new device utilized technologies that preexisted.

Forms of preëxist

third-person singular presentpreëxists
present participlepreëxisting
past participlepreëxisted
pastpreëxisted
alternative formpre-exist
alternative formpreexist

Questions about preëxist

What is preëxist the rare spelling of?
Preëxist is the rare spelling of preexist.

Words near preëxist in the dictionary

  1. preëstablished
  2. preëstablishes
  3. preëstablishing
  4. preëstablishment
  5. preëxilic
  6. preëxist
  7. preëxisted
  8. preëxistence
  9. preëxistences
  10. preëxistent
  11. preëxisting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preëxist (page history and authors); preexist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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