predate

  1. Verb.  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. Verb.  (transitive) To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.).
  3. Noun.  A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
  4. Verb.  To prey upon something.

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