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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Antedate \An"te*date`\, n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. 2. Anticipation. [Obs.] --Donne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Antedate \An"te*date`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Antedated}; p. pr & vb n. {Antedating}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: antedate v 1: be earlier in time; go back further [syn: {predate}, {precede}, {forego}, {antecede}] [ant: {postdate}] 2: establish something as being earlier relative to something else [syn: {predate}, {foredate}] [ant: {postdate}]
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