existent : Idioms & Phrases


pre-existent

  • adjective satellite existing previously or before something
    preexisting; preexistent; pre-existing.
    • variations on pre-existent musical themes
WordNet

self-existent

Self`-ex*ist"ent adjective
Definitions
  1. Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.
Webster 1913