1) Antecede 2) Antedate 3) Appear before 4) Appear before, on a timeline 5) Be earlier in time 6) Be there before 7) Come before 8) Come before, timewise 9) Come earlier in time 10) Forego 11) Go back further 12) Happen earlier 13) Occur before, historically 14) Precede 15) Prey on or hunt for 16) Were here before 1) Antecede 2) Antedate 3) Foredate 4) Forego 5) Precede 
• (v. t.) To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.
Pre·date' transitive verb To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter. 
[v] - be earlier in time 2. [v] - establish something as being earlier relative to something else
predate 1. To put a date on something, especially a check or a contract, that is earlier than the actual date, or say that something occurred at an earlier date than it actually did; to antedate. 2. To come before someone or something else in time. 3. To establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days. · to precede in date: a house that predates the Civil War.
[ACT vocabulary] be earlier in time; go back further