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antedate

('/&/nt/I/,d/eI/t )

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.(noun)

source: webster1913

be earlier in time; go back further(verb.stative)

Synonym:
antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate
Antonym:
follow, postdate

source: wordnet30
establish something as being earlier relative to something else(verb.change)

Synonym:
foredate, predate
Antonym:
postdate

source: wordnet30
To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.(verb)

source: webster1913

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