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Definition of Backdate
1. Verb. Make effective from an earlier date. "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
Definition of Backdate
1. Verb. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current date. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backdate
1. to predate [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] - See also: predate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backdate
Literary usage of Backdate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World Trade Organizations: Issues in Dispute Settlement by Susan S. Westin (2001)
"Costa Rica appealed the portion of the panel finding that allowed the United
States to backdate its restraint to the date of publication. ..."
2. The Mining Engineer (1908)
"... Ox-pasture, and other mines from 340 to 360 feet down in the limestone.
The backdate Sough, driven from Calver Mill, a distance of about 1£ miles, ..."
3. The poetical works of Edmund Spenser by Edmund Spenser (1866)
"... Was close convaid, and to the backdate brought. eo ' That cleped was Port
Esquiline, whereby It was avoided quite, and throwne out privily. ..."
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