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Definition of Predate
1. Verb. Be earlier in time; go back further. "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Derivative terms: Antecedence, Antecedency, Antecedent, Precedence, Precedency, Precedent, Precedent, Precession
Antonyms: Postdate
2. Verb. Come before. "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
3. Verb. Prey on or hunt for. "These mammals predate certain eggs"
4. Verb. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
Definition of Predate
1. v. t. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.
Definition of Predate
1. 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".) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.) ¹
3. Noun. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue. ¹
4. Verb. To prey upon something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predate
1. to date before the actual or a specified time [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predate
Literary usage of Predate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"predate moral virtues of much greater worth than any natural or acquired abilities,
however conspicuous; the truest and most enlightened patriotism and the ..."
2. International Trade: Issues and Effects of Implementing the Continued by Loren Yager (2006)
"The application of CDSOA to orders that predate the law's enactment raises concern.
This is because, for AD/CV relief petitions that were investigated ..."
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