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Meaning of predate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  predate
      v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
           bronze tools" [syn: {predate}, {precede}, {forego},
           {forgo}, {antecede}, {antedate}] [ant: {follow},
           {postdate}]
      2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
         modify" [syn: {precede}, {predate}]
      3: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
         [syn: {raven}, {prey}, {predate}]
      4: establish something as being earlier relative to something
         else [syn: {predate}, {antedate}, {foredate}] [ant:
         {postdate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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