Definition of Antedate
Antedate
an·te·date
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to come or occur before something in date or time, to precede something;
e.g. The construction of the monument is thought to antedate the development of the town where it now sits.
(verb)
to discover or suggest that some event occurred earlier than currently thought or that a document should be assigned an earlier date;
e.g. The mentions of the book antedate its writing by about five years.
(verb)
to assign something an earlier date than it actually occurred;
e.g. You might choose to antedate a latter if you want the recipient to think you wrote it sooner than you actually did.
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