What is the meaning of antedate?

Be earlier in time; go back further.
- usage: "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- synonyms: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede
Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
- synonyms: predate, foredate

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MLA	WordNet. "antedate" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/antedate/definitions/1256822>

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