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predate

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Verb

  1. 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. To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
  3. To prey upon something.

Noun

  1. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

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