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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
preexistence
    n 1: existing in a former state or previous to something else
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Preexistence \Pre`["e]x*ist"ence\, n.
   1. Existence in a former state, or previous to something
      else.
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            Wisdom declares her antiquity and pre["e]xistence to
            all the works of this earth.          --T. Burnet.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a
      doctrine held by certain philosophers. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]
3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
PRE-EXISTENCE, n.  An unnoted factor in creation.
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