8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
verb be earlier in time; go back further
verb establish something as being earlier relative to something else
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Classical Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- English date English antedate From ante- + date.
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