pre-exist
pre-exist
verb
pre-existence
noun
pre-existent
adjective
verb
- [no obj.][usu. as adj. pre-existing]exist at or from an earlier time
先存在；先生存
a pre-existing contractual obligation.
一项已经存在的合同义务。
■[with obj.]exist at or from an earlier time than (something)
先于（某事）存在
demons who pre-existed the Great Flood.
大洪水到来前即已存在的恶魔。
pre-existence
noun
pre-existent
adjective
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