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to go or come before in time
  • an advanced Mesoamerican civilization whose apex and collapse preexisted the arrival of Europeans by hundreds of years

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The first known use of preexist was in 1599

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“Preexist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preexist. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.

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