Sentence examples for antedate from inspiring English sources
The word "antedate" is correct and usable in written English. It means to assign an earlier date than the actual one. For example, "The applicant antedated the document to make it appear that she had submitted it within the deadline.".
Only a few buildings antedate that period.
The significance of these cerebral connections is not clear, but they may antedate the evolutionary development of the cerebral cortex.
One is bound to notice, however, that archaeological finds tend to call into question the whole concept of a Dark Age by showing that certain features of Greek civilization once thought not to antedate about 800 bce can actually be pushed back by as much as two centuries.
Although the Japanese have been criticized (even by some Japanese) for their imitations of Chinese examples, the earliest Japanese novels in fact antedate their Chinese counterparts by centuries, and Japanese theatre developed quite independently.
Melody, however, antedates the concept of scale.
A treaty was signed on May 2 but was antedated to April 30.
The Wat Pra Meru, on a plan similar to that of the Ananda temple at Pagan in Burma (see above Burma), probably antedates the latter's foundation (c. 1090).
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