prejacent

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Adjective === prejacent Existing previously, preexistent. (archaic, now rare) Before; situated in front. (logic, of a proposition) Laid out earlier, prior. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === prejacent (plural prejacents) (philosophy, logic, linguistics) A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred. === References === “prejacent, adj. (and n.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2007.