ANTEDATE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ANTEDATE, such as:
1. The economic troubles antedate the current administration.
2. This event long antedates the arrival of Columbus in America.
3. It is up to a claimant to ask the Commission to antedate a claim.
2. This event long antedates the arrival of Columbus in America.
3. It is up to a claimant to ask the Commission to antedate a claim.
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Meanings and Examples of ANTEDATE
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antedate
v. be earlier in time; go back further
v. establish something as being earlier relative to something else
Classic Sentence:
1 First, it became almost entirely Baptist and Methodist in faith; secondly, as a social institution it antedated by many decades the monogamic Negro home.
2 The second fact noted, namely, that the Negro church antedates the Negro home, leads to an explanation of much that is paradoxical in this communistic institution and in the morals of its members.
Example Sentence:
1 It is up to a claimant to ask the Commission to antedate a claim.
2 The economic troubles antedate the current administration.
3 This event long antedates the arrival of Columbus in America.