antedate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈæntiˌdeɪt/

Verb

To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. / To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date. / (lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Japanese Meaning

ある出来事や時刻よりも前に起こる、または存在する / 文書や行為に実際よりも早い日付を与える / （辞書学において）単語の初期の引用例を見つける

What is this buttons?

The newly discovered records antedate the previously known archives by several decades.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

新たに発見された記録は、従来知られていた文書より数十年早い時期のものです。

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Sense（1）

To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.

I suppose you know all about the fearful myths antedating the coming of man to the earth—the Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu cycles—which are hinted at in the Necronomicon.

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Sense（2）

To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date.

Tomorrow when you leav’st, what wilt thou say? / Wilt thou then antedate some new-made vow?

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Sense（3）

(lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term.

Furthermore, while OED entries are generally regarded as a good indication of when terms were first used in English, for 5 of the 7 terms the present research has been able to antedate OED’s earliest attestations, usually by a decade or more.

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antedates

（ present singular third-person ）

antedating

（ participle present ）

antedated

（ participle past ）

antedated

（ past ）

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