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preexisted

preexisted is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about preexisted

What is preexisted the simple past and past participle of?
Preexisted is the simple past and past participle of preexist.

Words near preexisted in the dictionary

  1. preexercise
  2. preexile
  3. preexilian
  4. preexilic
  5. preexist
  6. preexisted
  7. preexistence
  8. preexistences
  9. preexistency
  10. preexistent
  11. preexistentism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preexisted (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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