antedating

Meanings

• verb

  The act or an instance of existing or coming before in time; prior.

  - "The document provides an antedating of the contract."
  - "The antedating of the will was essential to its validity."

• noun

  A document or other evidence that establishes an earlier date for a transaction or event.

  - "The antedating of the lease was crucial in proving ownership."
  - "The antedating of the patent application helped secure the invention's priority."

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Antonyms

overdate , postdate , postdate

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Synonyms

backdate , foredate , predate

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with antedating
antedate , fate , mate , state

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Variants

List of all variants of antedating that leads to same result
antedate , antedated , antedates , antedating

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Forms

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antedated, antedatingly, antedatingest

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Etymology

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From the Latin 'ante' meaning 'before' and 'dare' meaning 'give', antedating refers to something that exists or comes before.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'antedating' is often used in the context of genealogy to refer to the practice of identifying the earliest known records or documents related to an individual's ancestry.

2. In mathematics, antedating refers to the operation of finding the inverse of a function before a given point.

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Related Concepts

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1. prior art: Refers to knowledge or information that was available before a patent application was filed, which can prevent the patent from being granted.

2. preemption: The right to buy or claim something before others can do so.

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Culture

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Antedating has been used extensively in legal contexts to establish priority in transactions, particularly in real estate and intellectual property.

How to Memorize "antedating"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a timeline with events or transactions listed in order. Antedating refers to something that occurs before another event or transaction on the timeline.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'antedating' with the concept of 'before' or 'prior'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic like 'Antedating: An event that came Before anything else in a given situation.'

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