antedate (C2)
verb
Pronunciation: /ˈæntɪdeɪt/
Definition
Assign a date to a document or event that is earlier than the actual date it was created or occurred.
Examples
The lawyer tried to antedate the contract to make it appear as if the agreement had been signed before the merger began.
He realized the check had been antedated by two weeks, causing a delay in the bank's processing.
To avoid late fees, she attempted to antedate her application form, but the digital timestamp revealed the true submission time.
How to Use antedate
- antedate something (collocation)
- To assign an earlier date to an object or document. — "The clerk was fired for antedating the official records."
- something antedates something (collocation)
- To exist prior to another event or object. — "This architecture antedates the colonial period."
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