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to antedate
01
to exist before something else in time
02
to assign an earlier date to something
antedate
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Example
The fossil records antedate the appearance of humans by millions of years.
Ancient civilizations like the Egyptians antedate the rise of modern nations.
The invention of the wheel antedates the construction of the first automobiles by thousands of years.
The theories proposed by early scientists antedate the current understanding of the subject.
The artifacts discovered at the site antedate the settlement of the region by several centuries.