antedate

[ verb an-ti-deyt, an-ti-deyt; noun an-ti-deyt ]

/ verb ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt, ˌæn tɪˈdeɪt; noun ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt /

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verb (used with object), an·te·dat·ed, an·te·dat·ing.

to be of older date than; precede in time: The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire.

predate (def. 1).

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

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

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

Archaic. to take or have in advance; anticipate.

noun

a prior date.

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Origin of antedate

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH antedate

1. anecdote, antedate , antidote2. antedate , predate, postdate

Words nearby antedate

antechamber, antechapel, antechoir, ante-Christum, antecourt, antedate, antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch, antefix, anteflexion, ant egg

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How to use antedate in a sentence

A foreign patent in order to invalidate an American patent must antedate the invention patented.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
However, most of the older residences in Fredericksburg antedate the fire, and are of an earlier Colonial period.
Historic Fredericksburg|John T. Goolrick
They antedate questions, and thus in all cases aggravate the difficulty of answering them satisfactorily.
Aids to Reflection|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
So powerful is this instinctive faith that men of simple modes of character are prone to antedate its consummation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864|Various

No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb.
Mosaics of Grecian History|Marcius Willson

British Dictionary definitions for antedate

antedate

verb (ˈæntɪˌdeɪt, ˌæntɪˈdeɪt) (tr)

to be or occur at an earlier date than

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

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

to cause to occur sooner

noun (ˈæntɪˌdeɪt)

an earlier date

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antedate

Origin of antedate

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