n. - Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
n. - Anticipation.
v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To precede in time.
v. t. - To anticipate; to make before the true time.