Definitions for: Preexist

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

Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: be, exist