overdate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ date

Noun

overdate (plural overdates)

  1. 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)

  1. (transitive) To date later than the true or proper period.
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Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overdate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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