Antedate Definition

ăntĭ-dāt
antedated, antedates, antedating
verb
antedated, antedates, antedating
To be of an earlier date than; precede in time.
American Heritage
To put a date on that is earlier than the actual date.
To antedate a check.
Webster's New World
To assign to a date earlier than that of the actual occurrence.
American Heritage
To come or happen at an earlier date than; come before.
Webster's New World
To date as of a time before that of actual execution.
Antedate a contract; antedate a check.
American Heritage
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noun
A date given to an event or a document that is earlier than the actual date.
American Heritage
A date fixed for a historical event, writing, etc. that is earlier than the actual one.
Webster's New World
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • datemark

Origin of Antedate

  • From ante- + date

    From Wiktionary

Antedate Sentence Examples

  • He did unconsciously antedate the constitution, and it is clear from incidental allusions in his last work that he did not regard with favour the democratic changes which he thought to be impending.

  • The Buckman Tavern (built about 1690), the rendezvous of the minute-men, and the Munroe Tavern (1695), the headquarters of the British, are still standing, and two other houses, on the common, antedate the War of Independence.

  • Its faculties of theology - founded in 1841 at Newbury, Vt., as the Biblical Institute; in 1847-1867 in Concord, N.H.; and in 1867-1871 the Boston Theological Seminary - law, music, medicine, liberal arts and agriculture (at Amherst, in association with the Massachusetts Agricultural College), all antedate 1876.

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Words Starting With

AANANT

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

antedate

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

Starts With A & Ends With EStarts With AN & Ends With EStarts With A & Ends With TE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With A8 Letter Words Ending With E