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antedate
[ verb an-ti-deyt, an-ti-deyt; noun an-ti-deyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to be of older date than; precede in time:
The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire.
- 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.
antedate
verb
- 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
- an earlier date
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
A foreign patent in order to invalidate an American patent must antedate the invention patented.
However, most of the older residences in Fredericksburg antedate the fire, and are of an earlier Colonial period.
They antedate questions, and thus in all cases aggravate the difficulty of answering them satisfactorily.
So powerful is this instinctive faith that men of simple modes of character are prone to antedate its consummation.
No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb.
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