predate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: predate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for predate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predate 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 come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" Synonym(s): precede, predate prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" Synonym(s): raven, prey, predate 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]:
Predate \Pre*date"\, v. t. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.