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predates

 
Verb predate has 4 senses
  1. predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
    Antonyms: postdate, follow
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. precede, predate - come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
    --2 is one way to lie
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. raven, prey, predate - prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
    --3 is one way to forage
    Derived forms: noun predation1, noun predation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. predate, antedate, foredate - establish something as being earlier relative to something else
    --4 is one way to chronologize, chronologise
    Antonyms: postdate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
precusors predaceous predacious predanti predantic predate predated predater predates predation predator predator antonym predators predatory predatory animal predawn predecease

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