Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-EX-IST'
PRE-EX-AM'IN-INGPRE-EX-IST'ENCE
PRE-EX-IST', v.i. [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.
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