Definition of "postdating" []

• Present participle of postdate. (verb)

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• "A postdating is a word that is later than the latest example we have; if we are looking for one, it is probably because we believe that a word is still current but we don't have an example in any recent decade."
• "Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron fabricated a letter -- postdating it Aug"
• "Some googling turn'd up a paper arguing for aspirate devoicing postdating Grassman's law, on the basis of roots where G.L. doesn't produce alternation and which do not devoice in Greek."