2. To assign an incorrect date to; as, the fall of Troy was misdated by medieval writers. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
misdate — (v.) 1580s, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + DATE (Cf. date) (v.1). Related: Misdated; misdating … Etymology dictionary
misdate — [mis dāt′, mis′dāt΄; ] for n. [ mis′dāt΄] vt. misdated, misdating to put a wrong date on (a document, letter, etc.) or assign a wrong date to (an event); date incorrectly n. a wrong date … English World dictionary
misdate — /mis dayt /, v., misdated, misdating, n. v.t. 1. to assign or affix a wrong date to. n. 2. a wrong date. [1580 90; MIS 1 + DATE1] * * * … Universalium
misdate — verb To date incorrectly; to mark with the wrong date … Wiktionary
misdate — Synonyms and related words: anachronism, antedate, antedating, anticipation, earliness, foredate, historical error, lag, lateness, metachronism, misdating, mistime, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, tardiness … Moby Thesaurus
misdate — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. date wrongly, predate, antedate, postdate; see mistake … English dictionary for students
misdate — v. date incorrectly; miscalculate the date … English contemporary dictionary
misdate — verb assign an incorrect date to … English new terms dictionary
misdate — n. Anachronism … New dictionary of synonyms
misdate — v date incorrectly, antedate, predate, postdate … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
