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Definition of Antedate

Antedate
Antedate An"te*date`, n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. 2. Anticipation. [Obs.] --Donne.
Antedate
Antedate An"te*date`, v. 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.

Meaning of Antedate from wikipedia

- In lexicography, antedating is finding earlier citations of a particular term than those already known.[dubious – discuss] Historical dictionaries such...
- Antedating may refer to: Antedating (lexicography), finding attested use of a word or phrase earlier than the previous earliest known use Antedated contract...
- Look up antedate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An antedated contract is a contract whose date is in the past; formally, a contract where the effective...
- banking, antedated refers to cheques which have been written by the drawer, and dated at some point in the past. In the United States antedated cheques...
- Army 15 November 1914: Temporary Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards, later antedated to 11 November 1914 19 November 1914: Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards 10...
- conventions of art and aesthetics that are reminiscent of a period of culture antedating the growth of the medium itself. The f/64 school met with opposition from...
- Society's Transactions, together with the nation's first geological map. This antedates William Smith's geological map of England by six years, although it was...
- Arapahoe County calls itself "Colorado's First County", since its origins antedate the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. On August 25, 1855, the Kansas Territorial Legislature...
- Calcochloris obtusirostris (Peters, 1851) Yellow golden mole range Synonyms ''Calcochloris antedates Chrysotricha obtusirostris Huetia obtusirostris''...
- would indicate a date for the composition of the Videvdat list which would antedate, for a considerable time, the arrival in Eastern Iran of the Persian Acheamenids...