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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
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
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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