Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Predate \Pre*date"\, v. t.
To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier
than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or
letter.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predate
v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
bronze tools" [syn: {predate}, {precede}, {forego},
{forgo}, {antecede}, {antedate}] [ant: {follow},
{postdate}]
2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
modify" [syn: {precede}, {predate}]
3: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
[syn: {raven}, {prey}, {predate}]
4: establish something as being earlier relative to something
else [syn: {predate}, {antedate}, {foredate}] [ant:
{postdate}]
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