overdate

English edit

Etymology edit

over- +‎ date

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

overdate (plural overdates)

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

Verb edit

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

(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 edit

postdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

References edit

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