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third-person singular simple present backdates, present participle backdating, simple past and past participle backdated
To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date. examples
plural backdates
An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date. quotations examples
The backdates on the clearance forms made the little man's papers worthless […]
2000, Jack Stewart, Hurricane, page 50