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English
Etymology
From over- + date.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)deɪt/
- (verb) IPA(key): /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈdeɪt/
Noun
overdate (plural overdates)
- (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)
- (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.