Antedate

Quick meaning: Antedate is a verb meaning To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

Meaning

To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

More Meanings

1. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
2. (lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
3. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
4. (obsolete) anticipation

Example Sentences

Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?

Actually, mathematical models of multi-sector growth models antedate the Harrod-Domar and Solow-Swan aggregate models.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• antedates
• antedating
• antedated

Synonyms for antedate

Depending on context, synonyms include predate, precede, preexist, backdate, foredate, forego.

Antonyms for antedate

Common opposites include postdate, overdate, follow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include predate, foredate, antecede, precede, forego, backdate.

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