PREDATE

predate

Noun

  1. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

Verb

  1. 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".)
  2. To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
    The Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To prey upon something.


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