predate
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Synonyms: prelate, pedate, redate, pre-date
Antonyms: prelate, pedate, redate, pre-date
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Verb
- To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
- The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
Noun
- A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
Verb
- To prey upon something.
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