Back-dated
to date earlier than the actual date; predate; antedate:
backdate the letter so he’ll think i wrote it last week.
verb
(transitive) to make effective from an earlier date: the pay rise was backdated to august
v.
also back-date, by 1881 (implied in back-dated), from back (adv.) + date (v.1). cf. antedate. related: backdated; backdating.
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