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overdate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)deɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From over- + date.

Meanings

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

Forms

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overdates Number=Plur lexicographic

overdate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈdeɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From over- + date.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To date later than the true or proper period.
    • And had he also redeem'd his overdated minority from a Pupillage under Bishops, he would much less have mistrusted his Parlament[…] 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes:

Forms

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overdates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overdated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdated Tense=Past lexicographic
overdating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

backdate

Hypernyms

misdate

Synonyms

postdate · overdate