overdate

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overdate

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)deɪt/
/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈdeɪt/

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From over- + date.

noun overdates

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

verb overdates · overdating · overdated

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[…]
Similar: postdate, overdate

Opposite: backdate

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Opposite: backdate

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@misc{overdate_2026,
  title = {overdate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overdate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}