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English

antedates

verb

Meaning

  1. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
  2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.
  3. To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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