Definitions for antedate
ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt, ˌæn tɪˈdeɪt; ˈæn tɪˌdeɪtan·te·date

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedateverb

   be earlier in time; go back further

   "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

2. predate, antedate, foredateverb

   establish something as being earlier relative to something else

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. antedateverb

   To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time

2. antedateverb

   To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate

3. Etymology: From ante- + date

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Antedateverb

   Etymology: from ante and do, datum, Lat.

   1. To date earlier than the real time, so as to confer a fictitious antiquity.

   Now thou hast lov’d me one whole day,
   To-morrow when thou leav’st, what wilt thou say?
   Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow,
   Or say, that now
   We are not just those persons, which we were? John Donne.

   By reading, a man does, as it were, antedate his life, and makes himself contemporary with the ages past. Jeremy Collier, Essays.

   2. To take something before the proper time.

   Our joys below it can improve,
   And antedate the bliss above. Alexander Pope, St. Cæcilia.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. antedate

   In lexicography, antedating is finding earlier citations of a particular term than those already known.Historical dictionaries such as the Oxford English Dictionary provide citations meant to show the evolution of every word, beginning with the earliest known usage. Antedating is a key task in lexicography and a popular sport. By indicating limitations of dictionaries, antedating raises important questions of the consistency of editorial policies, and of the exhaustiveness and accuracy of dictionary material. The issue has thus been addressed in several major studies as well as in hundreds of papers tracing individual words, some of which are by-products of historical or linguistic research.Similar activities are postdating (finding more recent evidence of words than is currently quoted) and interdating (intermediate evidence where large gaps in dating evidence exist).To encourage and facilitate this process, dedicated submission forms are available on the internet and regular appeals to the public for investigation are being made. The appeal Wordhunt was part of the TV show Balderdash and Piffle on BBC.

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1. antedate

   Antedate refers to the act of dating an event, document, or object at a time earlier than the actual or current time. It can also mean to precede or preexist something in time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Antedatenoun

   prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date

2. Antedatenoun

   anticipation

3. Antedateverb

   to date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution

4. Antedateverb

   to precede in time

5. Antedateverb

   to anticipate; to make before the true time

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Antedate

   an′te-dāt, n. a date assigned which is earlier than the actual date.—v.t. to date before the true time: to assign an event to an earlier date: to bring about at an earlier date: to be of previous date: to accelerate: to anticipate. [L. ante, before, and Date.]

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1. edentata

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of antedate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of antedate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antedate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Antedate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=antedate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antedate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antedate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=antedate