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1. Be earlier in time; go back further
   "Stone tools predate bronze tools";
   - precede, forego, antecede, antedate
    
2. Come before
   "Most English adjectives predate the noun they modify";
   - precede
    
3. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else
   - antedate, foredate

1. Hunt for as food
   "These mammals predate certain eggs";
   - raven, prey

Derived forms: predated, predates, predating

Type of: chronologise [Brit], chronologize, forage, lie

Antonym: postdate

Encyclopedia: Predate