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antedate
To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
📑 Synonyms:
predate
💬 Quotations
I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.
To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
(lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
(obsolete) Anticipation.