Antedating

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

2.verbTo assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.

3.verbTo find earlier citational evidence for a term.

4.nounThe action of marking with an earlier date.

5.nounAn earlier citation of a lexical item.

"The new edition of the dictionary contains several antedatings."

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