Hypertext Webster Gateway: "predate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Predate \Pre*date"\, v. t.
To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier
than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or
letter.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
predate
v 1: be earlier in time; go back further [syn: {precede}, {forego},
{antecede}, {antedate}] [ant: {postdate}]
2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
modify" [syn: {precede}]
3: establish something as being earlier relative to something
else [syn: {antedate}, {foredate}] [ant: {postdate}]
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