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English to English noun
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Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. |  | source: webster1913 verb
| 2 |
be earlier in time; go back further |  | Example: Stone tools precede bronze tools
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
establish something as being earlier relative to something else |  | source: wordnet30
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To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution. |  | source: webster1913
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