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backdate

verb
/bækˈdeɪt/UK/ˈbæk.deɪt/US

Etymology

From back + date.

  1. derived from דֶּקֶל — “date palm”
  2. derived from دَقَل — “variety of date palm”
  3. derived from δάκτυλος — “finger”
  4. derived from datil
  5. derived from dactylus
  6. derived from date
  7. inherited from date
  8. compounded as backdate — “back + date”

Definitions

  1. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.

  2. An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.

    • The backdates on the clearance forms made the little man's papers worthless […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backdate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA