Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Antedate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Noun
1
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Verb
1
be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
2
establish something as being earlier relative to something else
3
To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
Broader Terms (hypernyms)