Definition of Antedate
Antedate
an·te·date
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To precede in time; to exist or occur before something else.
e.g. The ancient civilization antedated the modern city by thousands of years.
(verb)
to discover or suggest that some event occurred earlier than currently thought or that a document should be assigned an earlier date;
e.g. The mentions of the book antedate its writing by about five years.
(verb)
to assign something an earlier date than it actually occurred;
e.g. You might choose to antedate a latter if you want the recipient to think you wrote it sooner than you actually did.
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