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antedate

verb

1 antedate

Be earlier in time; go back further.

synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate.

Roget 115: misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize.   

Dutch: antecederen, antedateren, laten voorbijgaan, passen, precederen, vooraf gaan, voorafgaan

2 antedate

Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.

synonyms: foredate, predate.

Dutch: vervroegen


Moby thesaurus: announce, antecede, anticipate, backdate, be before, be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at, date-stamp, dateline, datemark, foredate, forerun, go before, herald, lag, make a date ... show more.

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