| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To backdate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb antedate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (antedate) | 1. Be earlier in time; go back further.[Wordnet]. 2. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.[Wordnet]. 3. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.[Websters]. 4. To precede in time.[Websters]. 5. To anticipate; to make before the true time.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: antedating, antedated, antedates, antedater, antedaters, antedatingly and antedatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ANTEDATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ANTEDATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Insurance | The action of expressing a policy as operating from a date before final agreement was reached on its terms. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: antedate
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To antedate | Finance | To put a date earlier than the true date on a letter, deed, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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