Predate - Definition
predate
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: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
modify" [syn: precede, predate]
3: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
[syn: raven, prey, predate]
4: establish something as being earlier relative to something
else [syn: predate, antedate, foredate] [ant:
postdate]