Antedate

·vt To precede in time.

II. Antedate ·noun Anticipation.

III. Antedate ·noun Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

IV. Antedate ·vt To Anticipate; to make before the true time.

V. Antedate ·vt 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.