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English Dictionary: antedate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for antedate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antedate v be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" Synonym(s): predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate Antonym(s): follow, postdate establish something as being earlier relative to something else Synonym(s): predate, antedate, foredate Antonym(s): postdate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antedate \An"te*date`\, n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. 2. Anticipation. [Obs.] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antedate \An"tedate`\, 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.