Definitions for predate
Overview of verb predate
The verb predate has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
(be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools")
2. precede, predate
(come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify")
3. raven, prey, predate
(prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs")
4. predate, antedate, foredate
(establish something as being earlier relative to something else)
