Frompre- +date.
predate (third-person singular simple presentpredates,present participlepredating,simple past and past participlepredated)
- To designate adate earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; toantedate.
The Chinese use of Pascal's Trianglepredates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
2020 May 20, Paul Clifton, “A hydrogen solution to decarbonisation?”, inRail, page54:"The Tees Valley has ageing diesel trains thatpredate any form of emission control.
predate (pluralpredates)
- Apublication, such as anewspaper ormagazine, that isissued with aprinteddate later than the date of issue.
Back-formation frompredation orpredator.
predate (third-person singular simple presentpredates,present participlepredating,simple past and past participlepredated)
- (ambitransitive) Toprey upon something.
predate
- inflection ofpredare:
- second-personpluralpresentindicative
- second-personpluralimperative
predate f pl
- feminineplural ofpredato
predate
- second-personsingular voseoimperative ofpredar combined withte
