Thesaurus: antedate

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1. n. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. n. Anticipation.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To precede in time.
5. v. t. To anticipate; to make before the true time.
6. v. be earlier in time; go back further
7. v. establish something as being earlier relative to something else
8. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. 2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne. 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.
9. v:100 v be earlier in time; go back further v establish something as being earlier relative to something else