misdating
|mis-dat-ing|
/mɪsˈdeɪtɪŋ/
(misdate)
assign wrong date
Etymology
'misdate' is formed from the English prefix 'mis-' (meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly') + the verb 'date' (from Old French 'date', from Latin 'data' meaning 'given').
'misdate' combined the productive English prefix 'mis-' (from Old English elements such as 'mis-') with the verb 'date' (borrowed into English via Old French from Latin 'data'); the compound developed in Modern English to mean 'to assign the wrong date'.
Initially derived from components meaning 'wrongly' + 'to date', it has retained the basic sense of 'assigning an incorrect date' in modern usage.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the action or result of assigning an incorrect date to something (e.g., a document, artifact, or event).
The misdating of the letter led historians to draw the wrong conclusions about its context.
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Verb 1
present participle form of 'misdate'.
They are misdating several artifacts in the collection, which complicates the research.
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