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antedate
- /ˈæntiˌdeɪt/ UK
verb antedates · antedating · antedated
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To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.
Similar: predate, antedate, precede, preexist · Opposite: postdate
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To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?
Similar: backdate, foredate, antedate, predate · Opposite: postdate, overdate
- To find earlier citational evidence for a term. Furthermore, while OED entries are generally regarded as a good indication of when terms were first used in English, for 5 of the 7 terms the present research has been able to antedate OED’s earliest attestations, usually by a decade or more.
noun
- Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
- anticipation
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verb To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time
| Español | antepasar (desus.) |
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| Русский | предше́ствовать predšéstvovatʹ |
Talk about this word "antedate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/antedate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. antedate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/antedate "antedate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/antedate.Cite this
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