adj
Meaning 1
Existing previously, preexistent.
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prejacent
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adj
Meaning 2
Before; situated in front.
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Usage: archaic
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adj
Meaning 3
Laid out earlier, prior.
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noun
Meaning 4
A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.
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Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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History
Etymology
Multiple origins. Borrowed from Middle French prejacent (“previously existing”) during the sixteenth century. Also attested in twelfth century British sources, from post-classical Latin praeiacens (“situated before”).