Definition of Antedates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of antedate) ¹

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Definition of Antedates

1. antedate [v] - See also: antedate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antedates

antecipates
antecipating
antecipation
antecipations
anteclypeus
antecommunion
antecubital
antecubital space
antecursor
antecursors
anted
antedate
antedated
antedates (current term)
antedating
antediluvial
antediluvian
antediluvian patriarch
antediluvians
anteed
antefact
antefacts
antefebrile
antefix
antefixa
antefixae
antefixal
antefixes

Literary usage of Antedates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"It is probable that he slightly antedates this criticism. In any case his admiration was such that as late as 1824, when hymning the consecration of Charles ..."

2. Horace Greeley, and Other Pioneers of American Socialism by Charles Southeran (1892)
"AMERICAN SOCIALISM antedates GREELEY. HORACE GREELEY'S conversion to a belief in Socialism was owing in a great measure, in addition to the causes already ..."

3. The United States and Pangermania by André Chéradame (1918)
"I. Germany's responsibility for bringing on the war is inexcusable and crushing, since its premeditation by the Prussian Government antedates the outbreak ..."

4. The Papacy and the Civil Power by Richard Wigginton Thompson (1876)
"CHAPTER XVI Religions Persecution antedates Protestantism.—Lucius III. and Innocent III. persecute the Waldenses and Albigenses.—The Fourth Lateral! ..."

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