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antedate
('/&/nt/I/,d/eI/t )

noun (n)

  • Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • be earlier in time; go back further(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate
    Antonym:
    follow, postdate
    source: wordnet30
  • establish something as being earlier relative to something else(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    foredate, predate
    Antonym:
    postdate
    source: wordnet30
  • To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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