Predate

3 definitions 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) 2.0 [wn]:

  predate
       v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
            bronze tools" [syn: {precede}, {forego}, {antecede}, {antedate}]
            [ant: {postdate}]
       2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
          modify" [syn: {precede}]
       3: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
          [syn: {raven}, {prey}]
       4: establish something as being earlier relative to something
          else [syn: {antedate}, {foredate}] [ant: {postdate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "predate":
     announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, backdate, be before,
     be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at,
     date-stamp, dateline, datemark, forerun, go before, herald,
     make a date, pace, postdate, precede, precurse, preexist, proclaim,
     set the date, update, usher in