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      predate
      verb
      establish something as being earlier relative to something else
      prey on or hunt for
      come before
      be earlier in time
      Roots
      praepre- · Latin · before, in front
      Synonyms for predate
      antecedevantedatevprecedevpreexistvbackdatevprecursepostdatevforerun
      Words related to predate
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