Noah Webster
Pre-exist
PRE-EXIST', verb intransitive [pre and exist.] To exist beforehand or before something else. It has been believed by many philosophers that the souls of men pre-exist that is, exist before the formation of the body.
PRE-EXIST', verb intransitive [pre and exist.] To exist beforehand or before something else. It has been believed by many philosophers that the souls of men pre-exist that is, exist before the formation of the body.