antedate

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈæntɪˌdeɪt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. anti dāt′, an′ti dāt; n. anti dāt′)


Inflections of 'antedate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
antedates
v 3rd person singular
antedating
v pres p
antedated
v past
antedated
v past p

antedate
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Sense: To give an earlier date to
Synonyms:
date back, predate, backdate, misdate, date before the true date, date earlier than the fact, accelerate, assign to an earlier date, bring forward, be older than, date back further than
Sense: To precede in time
Synonyms:
come before, precede, antecede, precurse, forerun, happen before


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