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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 execution
.
2.
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.
[Infra.] Prior date; a date antecedent to another.

AN'TEDATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ante, and datum, given. See Date.]
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)

  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

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Noun

antedate

  1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
  2. (obsolete) anticipation
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Spanish

Verb

antedate

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of antedatar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of antedatar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of antedatar.