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to predate
01
to exist or occur at an earlier time than something else
Transitive: to predate sth
Grammatical Information
State verb
Regular
Present tense
predate
3rd person singular
predates
Past simple
predated
Past participle
predated
Examples
Fossils of dinosaurs predate modern humans by millions of years.
02
to hunt, catch, and eat another animal as prey
Transitive: to predate a prey
Examples
The eagle predated the rabbit, swooping down from the sky.
Lexical Tree
predation
predator
predatory
predate
date
