单词 | antedated |
释义 | antedatedadj. 1. Bearing a date earlier than the true date; assigned to an earlier date or time. Also: brought about at an earlier date; accelerated, anticipated. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > assigned to a date > assigned to a wrong or different date antedated1573 post-dateda1631 anachronical1731 misdated1743 anachronic1754 foretimed1832 backdated1858 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > brought about at an earlier date antedated1573 1573 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1573/1/10 Contrafatit blankis and antedaittit bullis. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 176 Prophecy is but antidated Gospell, and Gospell but postdated prophecy. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) 375 An antedated and diseased old age. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 83 Thou..Apostates dost expel, Giving them here an antedated Hell. 1779 Remembrancer 8 84/2 If any vote be questioned as having been given on an antedated certificate, the voter may be called to answer thereupon on oath. 1824 New Monthly Mag. 12 149/2 The Portuguese minister..published an antedated letter in the Lisbon Gazette, purporting that it [sc. an Order] had been withdrawn by the King, instead of being resigned by the wearer. 1868 Every Sat. 12 Sept. 326/1 ‘Will you give me an antedated receipt?’.. ‘Bring forth the bond,’ he cried, heroically. ‘I'll sign if it were dated five hundred years back.’ 1921 Package Advertiser Jan. 59/1 A captain, signing an antedated bill, runs the risk of having bills considered false, for which he may be held responsible. 1962 B.P. Thomas & H.M. Hyman Stanton vi. 137 Lincoln had soothed Cameron's wounded feelings by subscribing an antedated letter expressing his ‘undiminished confidence’ in Cameron. 2004 J. Paradis in G. N. Cantor Sci. Serialized xiii. 391 Behind an anonymous book reviewer, an antedated translation, and an unreachable German savant, Darwin, the living icon of science, stood more untouchable than ever. 2. Dating from a long time ago; out-of-date, antiquated. ΚΠ 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. iv. 58 A file of antedated newspapers. 1915 ‘X’ Wolfine iii. xiii. 243 Shelves..contained..a book or two, some antedated magazines, and a nameless litter of odds and ends. 1964 Billboard 7 Nov. 10/2 ‘Ben Franklin in Paris’ Is an Antedated Musical. 2008 R. Shultheis Hunting Bin Laden vi. 105 The flight to Termez was something out of the old Soviet Union, an antedated cigar-shaped Ilyushin with an Uzbek crew and dilapidated seats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1573 |
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