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