ETYM Latin antecedere; ante + cedere to go. Related to Cede.
To go before in time or place; to precede.

To give an earlier date to.
Date, or assign a date to, a document, etc., earlier than its correct date; precede in point of time; anticipate.

1. To be the predecessor of; SYN. come before.
2. To come before; SYN. predate.
3. To move ahead (of others) in time or space; SYN. lead.

1. To be earlier in time; go back further; SYN. precede, forego, antecede, antedate.
2. To establish something as being earlier relative to something else; SYN. antedate, foredate.