redate

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verb

To change the date assigned to (something); to date in a new way

“Based on carbon dating, the site was redated to 5000 BC.”

OriginEnglish date ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbredate (third-person singular simple present redates, present participle redating, simple past and past participle redated)

present singular third person redates · participle present redating · participle past redated · past redated

  1. transitiveTo change the date assigned to (something); to date in a new way

    Based on carbon dating, the site was redated to 5000 BC.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdate
  7. Englishredate

From re- + date.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

derateatrede
Cite this entry
APA

redate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redate

MLA

“redate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redate.

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