overdate

English

Etymology

over- + date

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)deɪt/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈdeɪt/

Noun

overdate (plural overdates)

  1. (numismatics) A coin in 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

References

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

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