antedate

• 动词，表示某事物存在或发生的时间早于另一事物，或给事件、文件标注比实际更早的日期。

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.

   时间上先于

   • 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.

   同义词antecedeforegoprecedepredate

   反义词followpostdatesucceed

2. Assign an earlier dateC1formal

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

   填早日期

   • 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.

   同义词backdatepredate