predate

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Adults use what they learn as children to mate, predate, and generally succeed as grown-ups in that environment.

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  1. transitive verb To mark or designate with a date earlier than the actual one: predated the check.
  2. transitive verb To precede in time; antedate.

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  • The tattoos are some of the identifying features that predate, and survived, my surgery. —  ADangerousMan
  • Adults use what they learn as children to mate, predate, and generally succeed as grown-ups in that environment. —  IdeaFestival
  • However, the vast majority of people have no idea that the holidays even existed before Christianity, when in fact most of the "Christian" holidays predate Christianity by centuries (I'll be posting more as the year goes on, keep an eye out for my upcoming Easter one) and were actually for centuries forbidden by Christians because of their blatantly Pagan meanings, and the Bible explicitly states to not do as the Pagans do. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • It is unclear how aid flows are responding to the slowdown but the most recent data (which predate the crisis) hardly encourages hopes of a substantial expansion. —  The Economist: Correspondent's diary
  • Certainly in the time of strong labor unions it would have been true but the premise seems to predate labor unions. —  Robert Reich's Blog
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