prejacent.
Existing previously, preexistent.
Meaning & usage
Existing previously, preexistent.
Before; situated in front.
Laid out earlier, prior.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.
The propositional content with which a scope-taking operator (such as a modal, a focus particle like only, or an exhaustivity operator) combines.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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