1.
[syn: postdate, follow]
2. establish something as being later relative to something else;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Postdate \Post"date`\, n.
A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than
that when it was actually made.
[1913 Webster] Postdiluvial
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Postdate \Post"date`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postdated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Postdating.] [Pref. post- + date.]
1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract,
that is, to date it later than the time when it was in
fact made.
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2. To affix a date to after the event.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Postdate \Post"date`\, a.
Made or done after the date assigned.
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Of these [predictions] some were postdate; cunningly
made after the thing came to pass. --Fuller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
postdate
v 1: be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" [syn:
postdate, follow] [ant: antecede, antedate,
forego, forgo, precede, predate]
2: establish something as being later relative to something else
[ant: antedate, foredate, predate]