1. Be earlier in time; go back further
   - precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate 
2. Come before
   - precede 
3. Prey on or hunt for
   "These mammals predate certain eggs"
   - raven, prey 
4. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else
   - antedate, foredate

Derived forms: predates, predated, predating

See also: predation

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

Antonym: postdate

Encyclopedia: Predate

• heartlessly
• heartlessness
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• heartrot
• hearts
• heartsease
• heartseed
• heartsick
• heartsickness
• heartstrings
• heartthrob
• heartwarming
• heartwood
• hearty
• heat
• heat barrier
• heat capacity
• heat content
• heat death
• heat dissipation
• heat energy
• heat engine
• heat exchanger
• heat exhaustion
• heat flash