Antedate /(ăn`tē̇*dāt`)/

1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr. & vb. n. Antedating

1. 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.
2. To precede in time.
3. To anticipate; to make before the true time.

   And antedate the bliss above.

   Who rather rose the day to antedate.