foredate

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ date.

Verb

foredate (third-person singular simple present foredates, present participle foredating, simple past and past participle foredated)

1. (transitive) To date in advance

Synonyms

• backdate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

Translations

To assign a date earlier than the actual date

• Czech: antedatovat

References

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