pre-date

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pre-date noun

A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

pre-date 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.”

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