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Definition of Antedates
1. antedate [v] - See also: antedate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antedates
Literary usage of Antedates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"It is probable that he slightly antedates this criticism. In any case his admiration
was such that as late as 1824, when hymning the consecration of Charles ..."
2. Horace Greeley, and Other Pioneers of American Socialism by Charles Southeran (1892)
"AMERICAN SOCIALISM antedates GREELEY. HORACE GREELEY'S conversion to a belief in
Socialism was owing in a great measure, in addition to the causes already ..."
3. The United States and Pangermania by André Chéradame (1918)
"I. Germany's responsibility for bringing on the war is inexcusable and crushing,
since its premeditation by the Prussian Government antedates the outbreak ..."
4. The Papacy and the Civil Power by Richard Wigginton Thompson (1876)
"CHAPTER XVI Religions Persecution antedates Protestantism.—Lucius III. and Innocent
III. persecute the Waldenses and Albigenses.—The Fourth Lateral! ..."