To precede in time.
To set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events.
To follow or mark a path toward.
To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
To prey upon something.
To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.