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单词 antedate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•te•date /ˈæntɪˌdeɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -dat•ed, -dat•ing. 
  1. to precede in time:The ruins in southern Africa antedated some of the medieval fortresses of Europe.
  2. to put a date on (a letter, check, document) that is earlier than the true date.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•te•date  (v. an′ti dāt′, an′ti dāt′;n. an′ti dāt′),USA pronunciation v., -dat•ed, -dat•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to be of older date than;
    precede in time:The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire.
  2. predate (def. 1).
  3. to assign to an earlier date:to antedate a historical event.
  4. to cause to return to an earlier time:to antedate one's thoughts by remembering past events.
  5. to cause to happen sooner;
    accelerate:The cold weather antedated their departure from the country.
  6. [Archaic.]to take or have in advance;
    anticipate.

n. 
  1. a prior date.
  • Middle French antidater, derivative of antidate a date earlier than the true date (by association with anté- ante-), origin, originally a date put in place of another date; see ante-, date1
  • earlier antidate 1570–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
antedate vb /ˈæntɪˌdeɪt; ˌæntɪˈdeɪt/(transitive)
  1. to be or occur at an earlier date than
  2. to affix a date to (a document, etc) that is earlier than the actual date
  3. to cause to occur sooner
 n /ˈæntɪˌdeɪt/
  1. an earlier date
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