Antedating
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Antedating is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of antedate.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of antedate.
More Meanings
- The action of marking with an earlier date.
- (lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
Example Sentences
The new edition of the dictionary contains several antedatings.
Had I access to large databases of scanned-in newspapers from the Philippines, or Africa, or India, etc., we would expect to see a good percentage of antedatings of the current earliest instances.
Word Forms
- antedatings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include predate, foredate, antecede, precede, forego, preceding.
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