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Definitions for: Antedate [v] establish something as being earlier relative to something else
[v] be earlier in time; go back further
Webster (1913) Definition: An"te*date`, n.
1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the
actual date.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.] --Donne.
An"te*date`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Antedating.]
1. 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.
2. To precede in time.
3. To anticipate; to make before the true time.
And antedate the bliss above. --Pope.
Who rather rose the day to antedate. --Wordsworth.
Synonyms: antecede, foredate, forego, precede, predate, predate
Antonyms: follow, postdate, postdate
See Also: chronologise, chronologize
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