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单词 post-exist
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post-existv.

Brit. /pəʊstᵻɡˈzɪst/, /pəʊstɛɡˈzɪst/, U.S. /poʊstɪɡˈzɪst/, /poʊstɛɡˈzɪst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post- prefix, exist v.
Etymology: < post- prefix + exist v., after pre-exist v. Compare post-existence n., post-existent adj.
rare.
intransitive. To exist at a later time, esp. after the present life. Also transitive: to exist later than.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > exist previously or after
pre-exist1585
post-exist1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 37 Anaxagoras could not but acknowledge, that all Souls and Lives did Præ and Post-exist by themselves, as well as those Corporeal Forms and Qualities, in his Similar Atoms.
1962 G. Parrinder Upanishads, Gita, & Bible v. 58 The soul is naturally immortal; it pre-existed and therefore will postexist.
1990 N. Jolley Light of Soul iv. 59 Nor can Descartes explain how ideas can pre-exist and postexist particular acts of thinking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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