Word Meaning

antedate definition and meaning

n. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
n. Anticipation.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To precede in time.
v. t. To anticipate; to make before the true time.