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antedate

/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/
noun
  1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

  2. Anticipation

verb
  1. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

  2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.

  3. To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Synonymsbackdate, foredate, predate
Antonymsoverdate, postdate, postdate

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