AN'TEDATE, n. [Infra.] Prior date; a date antecedent to another.
AN'TEDATE, v.t. [L. ante, and datum, given. See Date.]
1. To date before the true time; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to express a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
2. To anticipate; to take before the true time.
And antedate the bliss above.
