ANTEDATE Definition & Meaning

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antedate

[ verb an-ti-deyt, an-ti-deyt; noun an-ti-deyt ]

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verb (used with object)

antedated, antedating.

to be of older date than; precede in time:
The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire.
predate ( def 1 ).
to assign to an earlier date:
to antedate a historical event.
to cause to return to an earlier time:
to antedate one's thoughts by remembering past events.
to cause to happen sooner; accelerate:
The cold weather antedated their departure from the country.
Archaic. to take or have in advance; anticipate.

noun

a prior date.

antedate

verb

to be or occur at an earlier date than
to affix a date to (a document, etc) that is earlier than the actual date
to assign a date to (an event, etc) that is earlier than its previously assigned date
to cause to occur sooner

noun

an earlier date

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of antedate¹

1570–80; earlier antidate < Middle French antidater, derivative of antidate a date earlier than the true date (by association with ��Գ�é- ante- ), originally a date put in place of another date; ante-, date ¹

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The thought that a 17-game regular season was too long will someday seem as quaint and antedated as the Christmas Eve playoff matchups of the mid-1970s.

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This selection, which includes several cartoons that antedate the age of Trump, showcases several modes.

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The system is evidently an ancient one, long antedating the immunologic sensing of familiar or foreign forms of life by the antibodies on which we now depend so heavily for our separateness.

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Yet war antedates the state, diplomacy and strategy by many millennia.

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Hardly a day goes by on ADS-L, the email discussion list of the American Dialect Society, without someone reporting an antedating of some word or another.

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