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Lucrezia Posted 19 years ago
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pre-extant

0 Can you give me a synonym for 01b00pre-extant02b00, or explain the meaning?02br
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00Here's the context: From the moment he was born, I perceived him as pre-extant.02br
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0 I think the term 'pre-extant' is formal for 'pre-existing' (that existed before).0-
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0In the context of your example, this pre-extant state seems to imply a state of existence before birth. There is the indication of a ontological being prior to the current embodiment of that state. Perhaps this is intended to argue a theological pre-extant state (i.e. reincarnation, or existing in some state before birth, a soul waiting to claim a body) or a physiological meaning of pure e

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