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retrodate

retrodate verb: to assign a date to (a publication) that is earlier than the real one.

Verb

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.

Forms of retrodate

third-person singular presentretrodates
present participleretrodating
past participleretrodated
pastretrodated

Origin of retrodate

From retro- + date.

Questions about retrodate

What does retrodate mean?
Retrodate means to assign a date to (a publication) that is earlier than the real one.
What part of speech is retrodate?
Retrodate is a verb.
What is the past tense of retrodate?
The past tense of retrodate is retrodated.

Words near retrodate in the dictionary

  1. retrocyclin
  2. retrocyclins
  3. retrocycloaddition
  4. retrocycloadditions
  5. retrod
  6. retrodate
  7. retrodated
  8. retrodates
  9. retrodating
  10. retrodden
  11. retrodeform

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