ANTEDATING
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
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Definition
verb
- To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
- To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date; to backdate.
- To find earlier citational evidence for a term.
noun
- The action of marking with an earlier date.
- An earlier citation of a lexical item.“The new edition of the dictionary contains several antedatings.”
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: ANTEDATING-S
