Definition of Antedate

to occur before something else

Examples of Antedate in a sentence

In general, sex will normally antedate a pregnancy.  🔊

Did the chicken antedate the egg or did the egg antedate the chicken?  🔊

More than likely, the tree’s origin will antedate the town’s founding.  🔊

Although the religion does not antedate Christianity, it has been around for several centuries.  🔊

Because of the lack of water in the victim’s lungs, the coroner can say with certainty death did antedate before the victim was placed in the lake.  🔊

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