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antedate v. 提早日期;居先;预期 提早日期;居先;预期 antedate v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" [synonym: {predate}, {precede}, {forego}, {forgo}, {antecede}, {antedate}] [ant: {follow}, {postdate}] 2: establish something as being earlier relative to something else [synonym: {predate}, {antedate}, {foredate}] [ant: {postdate}] Antedate \An"te*date`\ ([a^]n`t[-e]*d[=a]t`), n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date. [1913 Webster] 2. Anticipation. [Obs.] --Donne. [1913 Webster] Antedate \An"te*date`\ ([a^]n`t[-e]*d[=a]t`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Antedated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Antedating}.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To precede in time. [1913 Webster] 3. To anticipate; to make before the true time. [1913 Webster] And antedate the bliss above. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Who rather rose the day to antedate. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for "antedate": announce, antecede, anticipate, backdate, be before, be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at, date-stamp, dateline, datemark, foredate, forerun, go before, herald, lag, make a date, misdate, mistime, postdate, precede, precurse, predate, preexist, proclaim, set the date, update, usher in |
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