noun
- plural of antedate; instances of assigning a date earlier than the actual date to a document, event, or item
Usage: typically used in legal, historical, or administrative contexts
Examples
- The antedatings of the historical documents were discovered during the archive audit.
- Several antedatings on the contracts raised suspicion among the investigators.
- The museum corrected the antedatings of artifacts in their collection.
- Antedatings of checks are considered fraudulent in most jurisdictions.
- The researcher identified multiple antedatings in the manuscript records.