Definition of Predate
Verb: predate ,pree'deyt
- Be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools predate bronze tools";
- precede, forego, antecede, antedate
- Come before
"Most English adjectives predate the noun they modify";
- precede
- Establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- antedate, foredate
- Hunt for as food
"These mammals predate certain eggs";
- raven, prey
Anagrams containing the word predate