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antedateantedate /ˈæntɪˌdeɪt, ˌæntɪˈdeɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEantedate |
Present | I, you, we, they | antedate | | he, she, it | antedates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | antedated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have antedated | | he, she, it | has antedated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had antedated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will antedate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have antedated |
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Present | I | am antedating | | he, she, it | is antedating | | you, we, they | are antedating | Past | I, he, she, it | was antedating | | you, we, they | were antedating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been antedating | | he, she, it | has been antedating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been antedating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be antedating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been antedating |
formal to come from an earlier time in history than something else: The economic troubles antedate the current administration. → see also backdate, postdate, predate |