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