¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antedated
1. antedate [v] - See also: antedate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antedated
Literary usage of Antedated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots (1818)
"O. Bridgman antedated to the 25th Dee. 1813. Rich. Wright to be Cornet by purch,
vice Bayard do. • Thomas Starke antedated to the do. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... it seems a pity that the Proceedings' and other publications of the National
Museum should have to be added to the category of antedated publications. ..."
3. The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign by Theodore Lyman (1826)
"... Decrees—England refused to acknowledge the validity of the act— antedated
Decree—French Spoliations—JVb indemnity—Angry correspondence with France. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"A municipal corporation issued bonds valid on their face, but in fact void,
because they were antedated to evade the registration act, ..."
Other Resources:
