| ANTED | • anted v. Simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed. • anted v. Simple past tense and past participle of ant. • ANTE v. to put a fixed stake in the pot at poker. |
| ANTEDATE | • antedate v. To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. • antedate v. To assign a date to a document or action earlier than the actual date. • antedate v. (Lexicography) To find earlier citational evidence for a term. |
| ANTEDATED | • antedated v. Simple past tense and past participle of antedate. • ANTEDATE v. to date from before. |
| ANTEDATES | • antedates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antedate. • ANTEDATE v. to date from before. |
| ANTEDATING | • antedating v. Present participle of antedate. • antedating n. The action of marking with an earlier date. • antedating n. (Lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item. |
| ANTEDATINGS | • antedatings n. Plural of antedating. • ANTEDATING n. the act of dating from before. |
| ANTEDILUVIAL | • antediluvial adj. (Biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah’s flood. • antediluvial adj. (Rare) Antiquated. • ANTEDILUVIAL adj. pertaining to the period before the Biblical flood or any great flood, also ANTEDILUVIAN. |
| ANTEDILUVIALLY | • antediluvially adv. In an antediluvial manner. • ANTEDILUVIAL adv. pertaining to the period before the Biblical flood or any great flood, also ANTEDILUVIAN. |
| ANTEDILUVIAN | • antediluvian adj. Ancient or antiquated. • antediluvian adj. Extremely dated. • antediluvian adj. Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge. |
| ANTEDILUVIANS | • antediluvians n. Plural of antediluvian. • ANTEDILUVIAN n. someone or something occurring in the period before the Flood. |