predate
1.
(
verb
) establish something as being earlier relative to something else
Synonyms:
antedate
,
foredate
Related Words:
chronologize
Antonyms:
postdate
2.
(
verb
) be earlier in time; go back further
Synonyms:
antecede
,
antedate
,
forego
,
precede
Antonyms:
postdate
3.
(
verb
) come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
Synonyms:
precede
Related Words:
lie
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