postexist

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ exist.

Verb

postexist (third-person singular simple present postexists, present participle postexisting, simple past and past participle postexisted)(uncommon)

1. (ambitransitive) To exist after. (clarification of this definition is needed(Exist after as in 'have come to existence afterward' or similar to 'to survive/outlive'?).)

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Related terms

• postexistence
• preexist

References

• “postexist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.