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predate

pre·date [ pree dáyt ] (past and past participle pre·dat·ed, present participle pre·dat·ing, 3rd person present singular pre·dates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. put early date on something: to put a date on something, especially a check or a contract, that is earlier than the actual date, or say that something occurred at an earlier date than it actually did

2. exist earlier than somebody or something: to come before somebody or something else in time

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