Antedate

(n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

(n.) Anticipation.

(v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.

(v. t.) To precede in time.

(v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.

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• Its origin, like the telescope, is hidden in the dim distance of the past, but it is believed to antedate the telescope. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The rifle, however, antedated the rifled cannon, the type of modern artillery. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Although the electric motor of to-day depends for practical value entirely upon the dynamo which supplies it with electric power, nevertheless the motor considerably antedated the dynamo. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• These also were invented by Edison, but antedated those previously described; being covered by Patent No. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was also asserted that the filing of the Gray caveat antedated by a few hours the filing of the Bell application. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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