postdate

[pohst-deyt, pohst-]

post·date

[pohst-deyt, pohst-]
verb (used with object), post·dat·ed, post·dat·ing.
1.
to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
2.
to follow in time: His recognition as an artist postdated his death.

Origin:
1615–25; post- + date1

antedate, predate, postdate.
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postdate (pəʊstˈdeɪt)
 
vb
1.  to write a future date on (a document), as on a cheque to prevent it being paid until then
2.  to assign a date to (an event, period, etc) that is later than its previously assigned date of occurrence
3.  to be or occur at a later date than

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