antedate
/verb an-ti-deyt, an-ti-deyt; noun an-ti-deyt/US // verb ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt, ˌæn tɪˈdeɪt; noun ˈæn tɪˌdeɪt //
提前,之前的日期,之前,前期
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v.有主动词 verb
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an·te·dat·ed, an·te·dat·ing.
- : to be of older date than; precede in time: The Peruvian empire antedates the Mexican empire.
- : predate.
- : to assign to an earlier date: to antedate a historical event.
- : to cause to return to an earlier time: to antedate one's thoughts by remembering past events.
- : to cause to happen sooner; accelerate: The cold weather antedated their departure from the country.
- : Archaic. to take or have in advance; anticipate.
n.名词 noun
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- : a prior date.
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Examples
A foreign patent in order to invalidate an American patent must antedate the invention patented.
However, most of the older residences in Fredericksburg antedate the fire, and are of an earlier Colonial period.
They antedate questions, and thus in all cases aggravate the difficulty of answering them satisfactorily.
So powerful is this instinctive faith that men of simple modes of character are prone to antedate its consummation.
No hostile hand can antedate my doom, Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb.
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