antedate

Verb
  1. Be earlier in time;
    Go back further (synset 202718318)
    "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
    same as: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate
  2. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else (synset 200277856)
    is a type of: chronologise, chronologize - establish the order in time of something
    same as: foredate, predate

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