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Definition of predates:

(v) : 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".); to exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
"the Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal."
(n) : 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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Definition of predates:

(v) : 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".); to exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
"the Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal."
(n) : 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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