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Screw up, as a check written in January
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misdate
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Word definitions for misdate in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A wrong date. vb. To date incorrectly; to mark with the wrong date.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, from mis- (1) + date (v.1). Related: Misdated ; misdating .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. assign the wrong date to
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misdate \Mis*date"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misdated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Misdating .] To put a false or erroneous date on (a document). --Young. To assign an incorrect date to; as, the fall of Troy was misdated by medieval writers.
Usage examples of misdate.
This was not the correct year of the bombing attack, but then he realized that the names of these men as well as their mission were secret, and thus the General misdated the photograph, even here in his private office.
Arc spies have been caught because they tried to sell misdated coins to collectors.
This was not the correct year of the bombing attack, but then he realized that the names of these men as well as their mission were secret, and thus the General misdated the photograph, even here in his private office.