Answer:

antedate

Answer	Crossword Clue
ANTEDATE	Precede in time
ANTEDATE	Precede
ANTEDATE	Come before

ANTEDATE	Opposite of "follow"
ANTEDATE	Come earlier.
ANTEDATE	Precede.
ANTEDATE	Anticipate.
ANTEDATE	Happen aforetime.
ANTEDATE	Precede, as in time.
ANTEDATE	Come before in time.
ANTEDATE	Come before.

ANTEDATE	Precede chronologically.
ANTEDATE	Precede in time.
ANTEDATE	Come earlier than.
ANTEDATE	Precede chronologically
ANTEDATE	Go back further than
ANTEDATE	Go before
ANTEDATE	Be earlier in time
ANTEDATE	Occur earlier

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.