predating

v.

提早日期，居先( predate的现在分词 )；

1. The custom of the wedding veil should predate wedding dress by centries.
   婚纱的习俗要比婚服早几个世纪。

Rift-related volcanism predating the birth of the Rheic Ocean (Ossa-Morena zone, SW Iberia)
Ancient polyploidization predating divergence of the cereals, and its consequences for comparative genomics.
Brain connectivity abnormalities predating the onset of psychosis: correlation with the effect of medication.
Prostacyclin and thromboxane changes predating clinical onset of preeclampsia: a multicenter prospective study.
SARS-related Virus Predating SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong - Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
Class 1 integrons potentially predating the association with tn402-like transposition genes are present in a sediment microbial comm...
Volumetric abnormalities predating the onset of schizophrenia and affective psychoses: an MRI study in subjects at ultrahigh risk of...
Reduced rates of HIV acquisition during unprotected sex by Kenyan female sex workers predating population declines in HIV prevalence
DNA sequences of self-incompatibility genes from Brassica campestris and B. oleracea: polymorphism predating speciation.
Piccolo, F. et al. A founder mutation in the -sarcoglycan gene of Gypsies possibly predating their migration out of India. Hum. Mol...