Meaning of ANTEDATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'anti`deyt
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- [v] establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- [v] be earlier in time; go back further
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| | Synonyms: | | antecede, foredate, forego, precede, predate, predate |
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| | Antonyms: | | follow, postdate, postdate | | |
| | See Also: | | chronologise, chronologize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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| | Related Terms: | | announce, antecede, anticipate, backdate, be before, be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at, dateline, datemark, date-stamp, foredate, forerun, go before, herald, lag, make a date, misdate, mistime, postdate, precede, precurse, predate, preexist, proclaim, set the date, update, usher in |
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