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foredate

/fɔːrˈdeɪt/

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verb

formalcommonobsolete/fɔːrˈdeɪt/

An obsolete verb meaning to date before the actual time; to antedate.

  • 🇷🇺Устаревший глагол, означающий датировать более ранним временем, чем настоящее; предшествовать по дате.
  1. Establish as earlier C2 formal

    To assign or establish something as occurring or existing before something else in time.

    • The carbon dating results foredate the artifact to the Bronze Age.
    • Geological evidence foredates the formation of this mountain range.
    • The historian's research foredates the manuscript by several centuries.

    🇷🇺Датировать более ранним временем

    Synonyms: antedatebackdatepredate

    Antonyms: postdate

  • foredated past participle
  • foredated past simple
  • foredating present participle
  • foredates third person singular