antedate

• Глагол, используемый для указания на то, что что-то существовало или произошло раньше чего-то другого, или для присвоения более ранней даты событию или документу.

A verb used to indicate that something existed or occurred before something else, or to assign an earlier date to an event or document.

1. Precede in timeC1formal

   To exist or occur before something else; to be older or earlier.

   Предшествовать во времени

   • The ancient ruins antedate the Roman Empire by several centuries.
   • This custom antedates the written records of the civilization.
   • The fossils antedate the earliest known human settlements.

   Synonymsantecedeforegoprecedepredate

   Antonymsfollowpostdatesucceed

2. Assign an earlier dateC1formal

   To assign a date to an event or document that is earlier than the actual date.

   Датировать более ранним числом

   • The historian antedated the manuscript to the 12th century.
   • They antedated the contract to make it seem valid earlier.
   • The artifact was antedated by the museum's experts.

   Synonymsbackdatepredate