ANTEDATE

By SovConn | August 18, 2014

antedate  (an-ti-dayt),  vb.1.  To  affix  with  a  date  earlier  than  the  true  date;  BACKDATE(1)

<antedate a check>.2. To precede in time <the doctrine antedates the Smith case by many years>.

— Also termed predate. Cf. POSTDATE. — antedate,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

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