prejacent

Speech parts

1. prejacent - Noun

2. prejacent - Adjective

Meaning

Existing previously, preexistent.

(archaic, now rare) Before; situated in front.

(logic, of a proposition) Laid out earlier, prior.

prejacent (plural prejacents)

(philosophy, logic, linguistics) A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.

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