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• antedate

  Meaning

  • 1. Precede in time; come before (something) in date

  • 2. To assign to an earlier date

  Examples

  • 1. The concept of superheroes antedates Marvel and DC; ancient myths were full of god-like heroes.

  • 2. The historians had to antedate the artifact after discovering it was from an earlier century than they first thought.

  • 3. The director decided to antedate the setting of the Batman movie to the 1920s to give it a noir feel.

  • 4. Nobita often wishes Doraemon would use the time machine to antedate his homework deadlines.