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Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.

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  1. n. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else.
  2. n. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers.
  3. n. existing in a former state or previous to something else
  4. 1. Existence in a former state, or previous to something else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and preëxistence to all the works of this earth. T. Burnet. 2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers. Addison.
  5. n:100 n. existing in a former state or previous to something else