predate

tr.v., -dat·ed, -dat·ing, -dates.

1. To mark or designate with a date earlier than the actual one: predated the check.
2. To precede in time; antedate.

verb

To come, exist, or occur before in time: antecede, antedate, precede. See precede/follow.

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: be earlier in time; go back further
  Synonyms: precede, forego, antecede, antedate
  Antonym: postdate (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: come before
  Synonym: precede

Meaning #3: prey on or hunt for
  Synonyms: raven, prey

Meaning #4: establish something as being earlier relative to something else
  Synonyms: antedate, foredate
  Antonym: postdate (meaning #2)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - foruddatere

Nederlands (Dutch)
van vroegere datum zijn, een vroegere datum geven

Français (French)
v. tr. - antidater, être antérieur à

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorausgehen, zurückdatieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προχρονολογώ

Italiano (Italian)
predatare, precedere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pré-datar

Русский (Russian)
датировать задним числом, предшествовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - preceder

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fördatera, antedatera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
把...的日期填得早于实际日期, 在日期上早于

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 把...的日期填得早於實際日期, 在日期上早於

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~보다 먼저 오다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 先立つ, 前日付けにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أرخ بتاريخ سابق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התרחש לפני, הקדים תאריך‬

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