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Webster 1913 Edition
Antedate
An′te-dateˊ
(ănˊtē̍-dātˊ)
, Noun.
1.
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2.
Anticipation.
[Obs.]
Donne.
An′te-dateˊ
(ănˊtē̍-dātˊ)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Antedated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Antedating
.] 1.
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 execution2.
To precede in time.
3.
To anticipate; to make before the true time.
And
antedate
the bliss above. Pope.
Who rather rose the day to
antedate
. Wordsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antedate
AN'TEDATE
,Noun.
AN'TEDATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To date before the true time; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to express a date anterior to the true time of its execution.2.
To anticipate; to take before the true time.And antedate the bliss above.
Definition 2024
antedate
antedate
See also: antedaté
English
Verb
antedate (third-person singular simple present antedates, present participle antedating, simple past and past participle antedated)
- To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time
- To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time
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To assign a date earlier than the actual date; to backdate
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Noun
antedate
- Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
- (obsolete) anticipation
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Donne to this entry?)
Spanish
Verb
antedate
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of antedatar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of antedatar.