Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to antedate
Participle: antedated
Gerund: antedating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | antedate |
| you | antedate |
| he;she;it | antedates |
| we | antedate |
| you | antedate |
| they | antedate |
Perfect
| I | have antedated |
| you | have antedated |
| he;she;it | has antedated |
| we | have antedated |
| you | have antedated |
| they | have antedated |
Past
| I | antedated |
| you | antedated |
| he;she;it | antedated |
| we | antedated |
| you | antedated |
| they | antedated |
Pluperfect
| I | had antedated |
| you | had antedated |
| he;she;it | had antedated |
| we | had antedated |
| you | had antedated |
| they | had antedated |
Future
| I | will antedate |
| you | will antedate |
| he;she;it | will antedate |
| we | will antedate |
| you | will antedate |
| they | will antedate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have antedated |
| you | will have antedated |
| he;she;it | will have antedated |
| we | will have antedated |
| you | will have antedated |
| they | will have antedated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | antedate |
| you | antedate |
| he;she;it | antedate |
| we | antedate |
| you | antedate |
| they | antedate |
Perfect
| I | have antedated |
| you | have antedated |
| he;she;it | have antedated |
| we | have antedated |
| you | have antedated |
| they | have antedated |
Imperfect
| I | antedated |
| you | antedated |
| he;she;it | antedated |
| we | antedated |
| you | antedated |
| they | antedated |
Pluperfect
| I | had antedated |
| you | had antedated |
| he;she;it | had antedated |
| we | had antedated |
| you | had antedated |
| they | had antedated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would antedate |
| you | would antedate |
| he;she;it | would antedate |
| we | would antedate |
| you | would antedate |
| they | would antedate |
Perfect
| I | would have antedated |
| you | would have antedated |
| he;she;it | would have antedated |
| we | would have antedated |
| you | would have antedated |
| they | would have antedated |
Imperative
| you | antedate |
| we | Let's antedate |
| you | antedate |
Verbs conjugated like 'antedate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'antedate'
antennate,
antidote,
attediate,
interdate,
ablegate,
abnegate,
abnodate,
acierate,
activate,
actuate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- occur before an event or time
- predate
- earlier than the actual date
- backdate
- to exist or to occur before something else
- predate
- to assign a date earlier than the actual or proper period
- backdate, foredate, predate
- accelerate
- anticipate
Antonyms
- earlier than the actual date
- overdate
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- advance, bring forward, expedite, hasten, prepone, rush, speed up, take action, procrastinate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-s
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
5. Proto-Indo-European *-i
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
7. Proto-Italic *anti
8. Latin ante
9. Classical Latin ante-lbor.
10. English ante-
11. English date
12. English antedate
13. From ante- + date.
Sample Sentences
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I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon. [1931, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness:]
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We therefore turn to the question whether defendant's prior convictions for burglary and attempted burglary could be used as the basis for an enhancement under [California Penal Code] sections 667 and 1192.7. Both prior convictions antedate the effective date of section 667. [1986, People v. Calio, 42 Cal.3d 639,644:]
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Actually, mathematical models of multi-sector growth models antedate the Harrod-Domar and Solow-Swan aggregate models. [2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 311:]
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Dimensional analysis is a serious business in the natural sciences, where what you're measuring actually exists […]; and it even has a theorem that goes with it (Buckingham's #92;pi theorem, which like any good mathematical theorem with a name attached, apparently antedates Buckingham). [2024, Jeremy Bay Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, Cambridge University Press, page 281:]
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Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow? [1633, John Donne, Woman's Constancy:]
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Furthermore, while OED entries are generally regarded as a good indication of when terms were first used in English, for 5 of the 7 terms the present research has been able to antedate OED’s earliest attestations, usually by a decade or more. [2017 January, James Lambert, “A multitude of “lishes”: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, volume 38, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN:]