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pre·date    Audio Help   [pree-deyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
1.to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
2.to precede in date: a house that predates the Civil War.

[Origin: 1860–65; pre- + date1]
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pre·date    Audio Help   (prē-dāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   pre·dat·ed, pre·dat·ing, pre·dates
  1. To mark or designate with a date earlier than the actual one: predated the check.
  2. To precede in time; antedate.

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predate 
1864, from pre- + date "point in time."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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predate

verb
1. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" [ant: follow
2. come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" [syn: precede
3. prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" [syn: raven
4. establish something as being earlier relative to something else [ant: postdate

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Predate

Pre*date"\, v. t. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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