ANTEDATING

Verb

antedating

present participle of antedate

Noun

antedating (plural antedatings)

The action of marking with an earlier date.

(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.

Anagrams

• tangdanite

Source: Wiktionary


ANTEDATE

An"te*date`, n.

1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.

An"te*date`, 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.

2. To precede in time.

3. To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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