Predate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To mark or designate with a date earlier than the actual one: predated the check.
  • v. To precede in time; antedate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
  • v. To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
  • n. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
  • v. To prey upon something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To antedate; date before the actual time: as, to predate a bond.
  • To possess an earlier date than; precede in date.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. establish something as being earlier relative to something else
  • v. prey on or hunt for
  • v. come before
  • v. be earlier in time; go back further
  • Verb Form
    predated    predates    predating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chronologise    chronologize    forage    lie   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    antedate    prey   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight