antedate

Verb

Verb Forms: antedated, antedating, antedates

• To precede in time; to come before a certain date.
• be earlier in time; go back further
• establish something as being earlier relative to something else
• To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
• To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
• To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Noun

• Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
• anticipation

Examples

• His knowledge of archaic words seemed to antedate the official dictionary itself.

Synonyms

antecede, foredate, forego, forgo, precede, predate, antedate, backdate, preexist

Antonyms

postdate, backdate, overdate