Definition of antedate Antedate
an•te•date
We found 12 definitions of antedate from 6 different sources.
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What does antedate mean?
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| antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" | ||
| predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede | ||
| postdate, follow establish something as being later relative to something else | ||
| antedate - establish something as being earlier relative to something else | ||
| predate, foredate | ||
| postdate establish something as being later relative to something else | ||
| chronologise, chronologize establish the order in time of something; "The archivist chronologized the documents" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- antedate (n.)
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. - antedate (n.)
Anticipation. - antedate (v. t.)
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. - antedate (v. t.)
To precede in time. - antedate (v. t.)
To anticipate; to make before the true time.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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antedate
To assign to a date earlier than the actual date.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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antedate
an′te-dāt, n. a date assigned which is earlier than the actual date.—v.t. to date before the true time: to assign an event to an earlier date: to bring about at an earlier date: to be of previous date: to accelerate: to anticipate. [L. ante, before, and Date.]
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