An"te*date` (#), n.
1.
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2.
Anticipation.
[Obs.]
Donne.
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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.
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