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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Predate \Pre*date"\, v. t.
     To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier
     than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or
     letter.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Predate \Pre*date"\, v. t.
     To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier
     than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or
     letter.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  predate
       v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
            bronze tools" [syn: precede, forego, antecede, antedate]
            [ant: postdate]
       2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
          modify" [syn: precede]
       3: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
          [syn: raven, prey]
       4: establish something as being earlier relative to something
          else [syn: antedate, foredate] [ant: postdate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  predate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     προηγούμαι χρονικά, είμαι παλαιότερος/αρχαιότερος, προϋπάρχω,
  προημερεύω, προχρονολογίζομαι, προχρονολογούμαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  pre-date
     n.
     (alternative form of en predate)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en predate)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  predate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it predare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it predato)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: predar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  pre-date
     n.
     (alternative form of en predate)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en predate)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  predate
     alt.
     1 To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date,
  appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast
  "postdate".)
     2 (lb en transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to
  antedate.
     n.
     A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a
  printed date later than the date of issue.
     vb.
     1 To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date,
  appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast
  "postdate".)
     2 (lb en transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to
  antedate.
     vb.
     To prey upon something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  pre-date
     n.
     (alternative form of en predate)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en predate)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  predate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it predare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it predato)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: predar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  pre-date
     n.
     (alternative form of en predate)
     vb.
     (alternative form of en predate)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  predate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it predare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it predato)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: predar)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  predate
     Engelska vb.
     fördatera

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/
  سبّق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pre-date /pɹˈiːdˈeɪt/
  odehrát se dříve

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  pre-date /pɹˈiːdˈeɪt/
  předcházet něco

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/ 
  lovit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/
  být starší

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/
  odehrát se dříve

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/ 
  předcházet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/
  předcházet něco

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/ 
  rhagddyddio 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/ 
  1. से पहले घटित होना
        "Few of the town's fine buildings predate the earth quake of 1755."

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  predate /pɹɪdˈeɪt/
  1. erken tarih atmak
  2. daha önce gelmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɹiˈdeɪt/, /pɹiˈdeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "predate":
     announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, backdate, be before,
     be dated, be early, bear date, come before, date, date at,
     date-stamp, dateline, datemark, forerun, go before, herald,
     make a date, pace, postdate, precede, precurse, preexist, proclaim,
     set the date, update, usher in
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 提早日期;预期;居先;预料

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