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 an·te·date /ˈæntɪˌdet/
 (v.)提早日期;居先;預期

 An·te·date n.
 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
 2. Anticipation. [Obs.]

 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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 antedate
      v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
           bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego, antecede]
           [ant: postdate]
      2: establish something as being earlier relative to something
         else [syn: predate, foredate] [ant: postdate]