POSTDATE

postdate

(verb) establish something as being later relative to something else

postdate, follow

(verb) be later in time; “Tuesday always follows Monday”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

postdate (third-person singular simple present postdates, present participle postdating, simple past and past participle postdated)

(transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time

(transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date

(transitive) To affix a date to after the event.

Synonyms

• (to assign a date later than the actual date): overdate; see also overdate

Antonyms

• (to exist later on in time): predate; see also predate

• (to assign a date later than the actual date): predate; see also backdate

Adjective

postdate (not comparable)

(obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.

Anagrams

• adoptest, despotat

Source: Wiktionary

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Post"date`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postdated; p. pr. & vb. n. Postdating.] Etym: [Pref. post- + date.]

1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made.

2. To affix a date to after the event.

Post"date`, a.

Definition: Made or done after the date assigned. Of these [predictions] some were postdate; cunningly made after the thing came to pass. Fuller.

Post"date`, n.

Definition: A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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