predated

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English

Definitions

verb

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.“The Chinese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.”

verb

To prey upon something.

Related words

Synonyms

antedate backdate foredate prey encroach obviated preceded anteceded antedated antedates anteceding antecede predicated predominated preexists antecedent prior to preexist

Antonyms

overdate postdate

Associated

owls predators invention advent emergence establishment arrival christianity decade decades egg

Rhymes

elated exasperated agitated infatuated aggravated inundated irritated sophisticated antiquated reiterated

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