Meaning & use
antedate
To exist or happen at an earlier date than something else, or to assign an earlier date to a document.
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The ancient ruins antedate the earliest written records of the region by centuries.
Her lawyer accidentally antedated the contract by one week when filling in the form.
A note on using this word
Antedate is often used interchangeably with predate, though predate is far more common in everyday speech.
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