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▪ I. misˈdate, n.
[mis-1 4.]
A wrong date. Hence misˈdateful a., abounding in wrong dates.
1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. x. v. II. 642 They abound in small errors, in misdates, mistakes. 1862Ibid. xiii. ix. III. 536 Poor Bielfeld being in this Chapter very fantastic, misdateful to a mad extent.
▪ II. misˈdate, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To assign or affix a wrong date to; to date wrong. Also absol. Also misˈdated ppl. a.
1586Stanyhurst Cont. Chron. Irel. Ep. in Holinshed II, If he misdate, he is named a falsifier. a1626Bacon Charge agst. Earl of Somerset in Baconiana (1679) 31 That you did deface,..and misdate all Writings that might give light to the Impoisonment. 1671Rhode Island Col. Rec. (1857) II. 422 Why and how the letter was soe long a cominge..wee cannot but wonder; save as wee may suppose it was mis⁓dated. 1728Morgan Algiers II. iv. 289 This Author seems to have misdated those occurrences. 1742Young Nt. Th. v. 777 In hoary youth Methusalems may die; O how mis⁓dated on their flatt'ring tombs! 1815Paris Chit-chat (1816) III. 144 His card of invitation was accidentally mis⁓dated, and he did not arrive till the day after the feast. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. vi. I. 606 Trusting to memory alone, she misdates, mistakes, misplaces. 1892Times 23 Jan. 13/6 Mis-dated newspapers. Ibid., The practice of mis-dating newspapers and other periodical publications. |