backdate

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Etymology

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From back +‎ date.

Verb

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backdate (third-person singular simple present backdates, present participle backdating, simple past and past participle backdated)

  1. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
    Synonyms: antedate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

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Noun

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backdate (plural backdates)

  1. An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.
    • 2000, Jack Stewart, Hurricane, page 50:
      The backdates on the clearance forms made the little man's papers worthless []