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Antedate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To be of an earlier date than; precede in time.

v. To assign to a date earlier than that of the actual occurrence.

v. To date as of a time before that of actual execution: antedate a contract; antedate a check.

n. A date given to an event or a document that is earlier than the actual date.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time

v. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

n. Anticipation.

v. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; .

v. To precede in time.

v. To anticipate; to make before the true time.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A prior date; a date antecedent to another, or to the true or actual date of a document or event.

n. Anticipation.

To date before the true time; give an earlier date to than the real one: thus, to antedate a deed or bond is to give to it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.

To be of older date than; precede in time.

To anticipate; realize or give effect to (something) in advance of its actual or proper time.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. be earlier in time; go back further

v. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

Word Usage

"Many of the works we’d name antedate Willy the Wizard."

Antonym

postdate

Verb Form

antedated antedates antedating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

chronologise chronologize

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

anticipation anticipate predate