Synonyms for antedate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb an-ti-deyt, an-ti-deyt; noun an-ti-deyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt, ˌæn tɪˈdeɪt; noun ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt


Définition of antedate

Origin :
  • 1580s, earlier as noun meaning "a backdating, false early date attached to a document or event" (1570s); from Latin ante "before" (see ante) + date (v.1). Related: Antedated; antedating.
  • verb occur or cause to occur earlier
Example sentences :
  • These figures are, however, unreliable, and antedate the Russian Revolution.
  • Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie
  • This would make them antedate July, 1759, which is not true of the bakehouse.
  • Extract from : « Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier » by Frank H. Severance
  • So does the species of animal or plant outlast and antedate the lifetime of one man.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • The actual beginnings of the town may antedate the Romans, but of this we know nothing.
  • Extract from : « Seaward Sussex » by Edric Holmes
  • Here again Pitt's hopeful nature led him to antedate the course of events.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • Their veritable records represent this people as far back as the days of Abraham, and, indeed, they antedate that period.
  • Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • By reading a man does as it were antedate his life, and makes himself contemporary with the ages past.
  • Extract from : « The Book Lovers' Anthology » by Various
  • No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb.
  • Extract from : « Mosaics of Grecian History » by Marcius Willson
  • And yet there are many buildings in England still standing that antedate 1725 by many years, some by centuries.
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • The other numerous observations made by him antedate his American life and need not be mentioned here.
  • Extract from : « Priestley in America » by Edgar F. Smith

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