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antedate

verb
/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/UK

Etymology

From ante- + date.

  1. derived from דֶּקֶל — “date palm”
  2. derived from دَقَل — “variety of date palm”
  3. derived from δάκτυλος — “finger”
  4. derived from datil
  5. derived from dactylus
  6. derived from date
  7. inherited from date
  8. prefixed as antedate — “ante + date”

Definitions

  1. To occur before an event or time

    To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

    • I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.
    • Actually, mathematical models of multi-sector growth models antedate the Harrod-Domar and Solow-Swan aggregate models.

  2. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.

    • Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?

  3. To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Prior date

      Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

    2. anticipation

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antedate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA