2syllables
predate
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Definitions ofpredate
1noun
- A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
1verb
- To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
Example: "The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal."
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