ante-date

I count not the number of my scars, — nor does my fancy go forth into dark entries and bye-corners to ante-date my stabs. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

I count not the number of my scars, — nor does my fancy go forth into dark entries and bye-corners to ante-date my stabs. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

It would seem that image-propositions are more primitive than word-propositions, and may well ante-date language.

The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921

In such case our ‘apocryphon’ would obviously ante-date the LXX text.

The Three Additions to Daniel: A Study. 1906

Continent would ante-date that of England by some centuries.

Stonehenge Today and Yesterday Frank Stevens 1896

Probably there cannot be instanced a briefer and surer rule-of-thumb test of a man's temperament -- sanguine or cautious -- than this: did he or does he ante-date the word wife in corresponding with a sweet-heart he honestly loves?

A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1884

"I'll tell you what I will do," said the agent, lowering his voice, "I can ante-date the policy, so that the two years will end just when you like, say a year from now."

The Face and the Mask Robert Barr 1881

It was a baby before it did either, and it would seem as if life must in some way ante-date the physical and chemical processes that attend it, or at least be bound up in them in a way that no scientific analysis can reveal.

The Breath of Life John Burroughs 1879

It is this -- a self-pasting scrap-book -- good enough idea if some juggling tailor does not come along and ante-date me a couple of months, as in the case of the elastic veststrap.

Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Mark Twain 1872

It is this -- a self-pasting scrap-book -- good enough idea if some juggling tailor does not come along and ante-date me a couple of months, as in the case of the elastic veststrap.

Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872