verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To date in advance transitive
2. 2
   establish something as being earlier relative to something else wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

antedatebackdatelagmisdatepostdatepredate

Etymology

From fore- + date.

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