ALL meanings of predate
pre·date
P p - transitive verb predate date back earlier than 1
- verb with object predate to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days. 1
- verb with object predate to precede in date: a house that predates the Civil War. 1
- verb predate If you say that one thing predated another, you mean that the first thing happened or existed some time before the second thing. 0
- verb predate to affix a date to (a document, paper, etc) that is earlier than the actual date 0
- verb predate to assign a date to (an event, period, etc) that is earlier than the actual or previously assigned date of occurrence 0
- verb predate to be or occur at an earlier date than; precede in time 0
- verb transitive predate to put a date on (something) that is earlier than the current date 0
- verb transitive predate to come before in time 0