An'te-dāte1, n.
n. [From ante, before, and date, n.]
- Prior date; a date antecedent to another. Good.
- Anticipation. Donne.
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Antedate
An'te-dāte2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ANTEDATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ANTEDATING.] [From ante, before, and date, v.]
- To date before the true time; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond, is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
- To anticipate; to take before the true time.
“ And antedate the bliss above.” Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.