English Explanatory Dictionary

prejacent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Existing previously, preexistent.
  2. Before; situated in front.
  3. Laid out earlier, prior.
noun
  1. A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.

Word forms

prejacent prejacents

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”).

Derived words

prejacently
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