antedates

英[ˌænti'deɪt] 美[ˌænti'deɪt]
  • v.使...提前发生;先于;提早日期=predaten.比实际早的日期
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Verb:
  1. be earlier in time; go back further;

    "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

  2. establish something as being earlier relative to something else

    1. The cold weather antedate ed their departure.
      寒冷的天气使他们提前离开。
    2. This event antedates the discovery of America by several centuries.
      这件事比发现美洲早几个世纪。