overdate

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ date.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)deɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈdeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

overdate (plural overdates)

1. (numismatics) A coin on which one date is superimposed over traces of another (due to reuse of a die).

Verb

overdate (third-person singular simple present overdates, present participle overdating, simple past and past participle overdated)

1. (transitive) To date later than the true or proper period.
   • 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes:

     And had he also redeem'd his overdated minority from a Pupillage under Bishops, he would much less have mistrusted his Parlament […]

Synonyms

• postdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

References

“overdate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.