antedate

[ verb an-ti-deyt, an-ti-deyt; noun an-ti-deyt ]
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verb (used with object),an·te·dat·ed, an·te·dat·ing.
  1. to be of older date than; precede in time: The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire.

  1. to assign to an earlier date: to antedate a historical event.

  2. to cause to return to an earlier time: to antedate one's thoughts by remembering past events.

  3. to cause to happen sooner; accelerate: The cold weather antedated their departure from the country.

  4. Archaic. to take or have in advance; anticipate.

noun
  1. a prior date.

Origin of antedate

1
1570–80; earlier antidate<Middle French antidater, derivative of antidate a date earlier than the true date (by association with anté-ante-), originally a date put in place of another date; see ante-, date1

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British Dictionary definitions for antedate

antedate

verb(ˈæntɪˌdeɪt, ˌæntɪˈdeɪt) (tr)
  1. to be or occur at an earlier date than

  2. to affix a date to (a document, etc) that is earlier than the actual date

  1. to assign a date to (an event, etc) that is earlier than its previously assigned date

  2. to cause to occur sooner

noun(ˈæntɪˌdeɪt)
  1. an earlier date

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