antedate

Meanings

Verb

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 backdate.
To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Noun

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

Related

Opposite words

postdate

Origin

ante- + date

Modern English dictionary

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