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antedate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of antedate

to go or come before in time

Dinosaurs antedate cavemen by millions of years.

Synonyms of antedate

antecede, forego, precede, predate, preexist

Antonyms of antedate

follow, postdate, succeed

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