Antedate

n.	1.	Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
	2.	Anticipation.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr. & vb. n. Antedating.]
	2.	To precede in time.
	3.	To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. - Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. - Wordsworth.

Verb	1.	antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" Synonyms: antecede, forego, precede, predate
	2.	antedate - establish something as being earlier relative to something else Synonyms: foredate, predate

ANTEDATE. To, put a date to an instrument of a time before the time it was written. Vide Date.

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