different between postnate vs postdate

English

Etymology

From Latin postnatus (“second or subsequently born”), from post (“after”) + natus (“born”).

Adjective

postnate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) subsequent
   • 1647, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse Concerning Prayer Ex Tempore

     The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate.

Anagrams

• Patteson, ante-post, antepost, petatons

English

Alternative forms

• post-date

Etymology

post- +? date

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??st?de?t/

Verb

postdate (third-person singular simple present postdates, present participle postdating, simple past and past participle postdated)

1. (transitive) To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
2. (transitive) To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date

3. (transitive) To affix a date to after the event.

Synonyms

• (to assign a date later than the actual date): overdate; see also Thesaurus:overdate

Antonyms

• (to exist later on in time): predate; see also Thesaurus:predate
• (to assign a date later than the actual date): predate; see also Thesaurus:backdate

Translations

Adjective

postdate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.

Noun

postdate (plural postdates)

1. A date on a document later than the real date on which it was written.

Anagrams

• adoptest, despotat, spot date

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: postdatent, postdates

Verb

postdate

1. first-person singular present indicative of postdater
2. third-person singular present indicative of postdater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of postdater
5. second-person singular imperative of postdater