antedate

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
2. verb To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.
3. verb To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
4. noun Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
5. noun anticipation

Similar words

predate foredate antecede precede forego backdate pre-date lead up to premise advance

Often followed by

the by his those it and all that this any

Word family

antedated antedates antedating