antedate

an·te·date

A0327700 (ăn′tĭ-dāt′)tr.v. an·te·dat·ed, an·te·dat·ing, an·te·dates 1. To be of an earlier date than; precede in time.2. a. To assign to a date earlier than that of the actual occurrence.b. To date as of a time before that of actual execution: antedate a contract; antedate a check.n. A date given to an event or a document that is earlier than the actual date.

antedate

vb (tr) 1. to be or occur at an earlier date than2. to affix a date to (a document, etc) that is earlier than the actual date3. to assign a date to (an event, etc) that is earlier than its previously assigned date4. to cause to occur sooner n an earlier date

an•te•date

(v. ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt, ˌæn tɪˈdeɪt; n. ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt)

v. -dat•ed, -dat•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to be of older date than; precede in time. 2. predate (def. 1). 3. to assign to an earlier date: to antedate a historical event. 4. to cause to happen sooner; accelerate. 5. Archaic. to take or have in advance; anticipate. n. 6. a prior date. [1570–80]

antedate

Past participle: antedated
Gerund: antedating

Imperative
antedate
antedate

Present
I antedate
you antedate
he/she/it antedates
we antedate
you antedate
they antedate

Preterite
I antedated
you antedated
he/she/it antedated
we antedated
you antedated
they antedated

Present Continuous
I am antedating
you are antedating
he/she/it is antedating
we are antedating
you are antedating
they are antedating

Present Perfect
I have antedated
you have antedated
he/she/it has antedated
we have antedated
you have antedated
they have antedated

Past Continuous
I was antedating
you were antedating
he/she/it was antedating
we were antedating
you were antedating
they were antedating

Past Perfect
I had antedated
you had antedated
he/she/it had antedated
we had antedated
you had antedated
they had antedated

Future
I will antedate
you will antedate
he/she/it will antedate
we will antedate
you will antedate
they will antedate

Future Perfect
I will have antedated
you will have antedated
he/she/it will have antedated
we will have antedated
you will have antedated
they will have antedated

Future Continuous
I will be antedating
you will be antedating
he/she/it will be antedating
we will be antedating
you will be antedating
they will be antedating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been antedating
you have been antedating
he/she/it has been antedating
we have been antedating
you have been antedating
they have been antedating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been antedating
you will have been antedating
he/she/it will have been antedating
we will have been antedating
you will have been antedating
they will have been antedating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been antedating
you had been antedating
he/she/it had been antedating
we had been antedating
you had been antedating
they had been antedating

Conditional
I would antedate
you would antedate
he/she/it would antedate
we would antedate
you would antedate
they would antedate

Past Conditional
I would have antedated
you would have antedated
he/she/it would have antedated
we would have antedated
you would have antedated
they would have antedated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"antecede, forego, precede, predate, forgo
	2.	antedate - establish something as being earlier relative to something elseforedate, predatechronologise, chronologize - establish the order in time of something; "The archivist chronologized the documents"

antedate

verbTo come, exist, or occur before in time:antecede, precede, predate.

Translations

antidatareprecedereretrodatareantedatere