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antedate v. 提早日期;居先;預期 提早日期;居先;預期 antedate v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; " Stone tools precede bronze tools" [ synonym: { predate}, { precede}, { forego}, { forgo}, { antecede}, { antedate}] [ ant: { follow}, { postdate}] 2: establish something as being earlier relative to something else [ synonym: { predate}, { antedate}, { foredate}] [ ant: { postdate}] Antedate \ An" te* date`\ ([ a^] n` t[- e]* d[= a] t`), n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Anticipation. [ Obs.] -- Donne. [ 1913 Webster]
Antedate \ An" te* date`\ ([ a^] n` t[- e]* d[= a] t`), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Antedated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Antedating}.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To precede in time. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To anticipate; to make before the true time. [ 1913 Webster] And antedate the bliss above. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Who rather rose the day to antedate. -- Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " antedate": announce, antecede, anticipate, backdate, be before, be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at, date- stamp, dateline, datemark, foredate, forerun, go before, herald, lag, make a date, misdate, mistime, postdate, precede, precurse, predate, preexist, proclaim, set the date, update, usher in |
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