retrodate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

retro- +‎ date

Verb[edit]

retrodate (third-person singular simple present retrodates, present participle retrodating, simple past and past participle retrodated)

  1. (transitive) To assign a date to (a publication) that is earlier than the real one.