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Predate

//ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
Verb
  1. 1
    To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
  2. 2
    To prey upon something. ambitransitive
  3. 3
    establish something as being earlier relative to something else wordnet
  4. 4
    To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate. transitive

    "The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal."

  5. 5
    prey on or hunt for wordnet
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  1. 6
    come before wordnet
  2. 7
    be earlier in time; go back further wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pre- + date.

Etymology 2

From pre- + date.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from predation or predator.

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