ANTEDATE
\ˈantɪdˌe͡ɪt], \ˈantɪdˌeɪt], \ˈa_n_t_ɪ_d_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ANTEDATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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establish something as being earlier relative to something else
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be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To precede in time.
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To anticipate; to make before the true time.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To precede in time.
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To anticipate; to make before the true time.
By Noah Webster.
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To give an earlier date to than the right one; as, to antedate a check; to occur at an earlier time; as, Shakespeare antedates Milton.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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