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Pronunciation : An"te*date`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : An"te*date`
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr. & vb. n. Antedating.]
Definition : 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.

2. To precede in time.

3. To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913