predate
pree dayt
- v be earlier in time; go back further
- v come before
- v prey on or hunt for
These mammals predate certain eggs - v establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- Briggs' concern is more with computer hackers and corporate saboteurs and spies than with terrorists AIT's security measures long predate Sept.
- GILLESPIE: If you look at the President's comments on terrorism and Iran, they predate the general election, they predate the primary election, they predate the President's .
- But those historians should not forget that roots of the failure predate the vote on Monday, and even the mistakes of Wall Street.