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antedate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of antedate

to go or come before in time
  • dinosaurs antedate humans by millions of years
Synonyms of antedate

antecede, forego, precede, predate, preexist
Antonyms of antedate

follow, postdate, succeed

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