preexistent

But does this vast knowledge base disprove the existence of some kind of preexistent outside force that may have launched our Universe on its way?

This question cannot be settled by saying that "it would be a mere waste of time and space to enumerate the proofs which show that the Universe was created by a preexistent and self-conscious Being."

It appears the oncogenes were added to preexistent retrovirus genomes at some time in the not too distant past.

As in a dream, in moments of deep spiritual fervor, do we occasionally seem to recall our preexistent life.

For her part, Fernandez says the proposed law "recognizes a preexistent reality" and "the rights of minorities."