antedate meaning

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antedate (verb): be earlier in time; go back further.

antedate has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

antedate as a verb

  1. be earlier in time; go back further
    • Stone tools precede bronze tools

    Synonyms: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede

  2. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

    Synonyms: predate, foredate

    Type of: chronologize

Scrabble score: 9 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in TE · 8-letter words

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