misdate
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V. misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate†; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize†.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
That Lenz should misdate Beethoven's visit to Berlin is not strange; that Marx, a Berliner, should, is.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 by Various
Anachronism -- N. anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism; prolepsis, misdate; anticipation, antichronism. disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time. intempestivity &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Moreover, historians consistently misdated it to the summer of 1860, when Lincoln was the Republican candidate for president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
She examined frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, hagiographies, and letters, uncovering materials that had been misdated or wrongly attributed.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
No one asked to confirm the date of his death - which the book misdated by a year.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
No one asked to confirm the date of his death — which the book misdated by a year.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
At the end of the ends she was a Puritan; belated, misdated, if the reader will, and cast upon good works for the consolation which the Puritans formerly found in a creed.
From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean
Evelyn makes the same kind of mistake about Cromwell’s funeral, misdating it a month.
From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John
