different between predate vs infringe

English

Etymology 1

From pre- +? date

Alternative forms

• pre-date

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i??de?t/, /?p?i??de?t/

Verb

predate (third-person singular simple present predates, present participle predating, simple past and past participle predated)

1. 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".)
2. (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.

Synonyms

• (to designate a date earlier): antedate, backdate, foredate; see also Thesaurus:backdate
• (to occur before something else): antedate; see also Thesaurus:predate

Antonyms

• (to designate a date earlier): overdate, postdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate
• (to occur before something else): postdate

Translations

Noun

predate (plural predates)

1. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from predation or predator.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???de?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???de?t/

Verb

predate (third-person singular simple present predates, present participle predating, simple past and past participle predated)

1. To prey upon something.

Synonyms

• (to prey upon): prey

Related terms

• predation
• depredation
• predator

Translations

References

• predate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• predate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• adepter, pad-tree, readept, red tape, redtape, retaped, tapered

Italian

Verb

predate

1. second-person plural present indicative of predare
2. second-person plural imperative of predare
3. feminine plural of predato

English

Alternative forms

• enfringe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f??nd?/

Verb

infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)

1. (transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
2. (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.

Synonyms

(Break or violate a treaty, a law): transgress

Derived terms

• infringement
• infringer

Related terms

• infraction

Translations

Further reading

• infringe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• infringe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• infringe at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Infinger, enfiring, refining

Latin

Verb

?nfringe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?nfring?

Portuguese

Verb

infringe

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of infringir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of infringir

Spanish

Verb

infringe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of infringir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of infringir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of infringir.