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out⋅dat⋅ed

[out-dey-tid]
–adjective
no longer in use or fashionable; out-of-date; outmoded; antiquated.

Origin:
1610–20; out- + date 1 + -ed 2

out⋅date

[out-deyt]
–verb (used with object), -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete: The advent of the steamship outdated sailing ships as commercial carriers.

Origin:
1640–50; prob. back formation from outdated
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out·date   (out-dāt')   
tr.v.   out·dat·ed, out·dat·ing, out·dates
To replace or make obsolete or old-fashioned.
out·dat·ed   (out-dā'tĭd)   
adj.  Out-of-date; old-fashioned.
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Word Origin & History

outdated 
1616, "grown obsolete," from out + date (q.v.). Out-of-date is attested from 1628.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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