Definition of "antedates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antedate. (verb)

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• "Actually, the phrase antedates the rise of Hitler by many years."
• ""Big fate" as it sometimes is called antedates this present life and its cause does not come within the scope of this little book."
• "The American Dialect Dictionary antedates it to 1912."