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Antedate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.