Misdate (Verb)
Meaning
Assign the wrong date to.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The historian misdated the ancient artifact by several decades due to a translation error in the inscription.
- After re-examining the evidence, scholars realized that they had misdated the event, which actually occurred a century earlier.
- Researchers misdated the fossil record, which led to incorrect assumptions about the evolution of the species.
- The incorrect carbon dating results caused the team to misdate the age of the recently discovered shipwreck.
- Experts warn that using an unreliable source can cause you to misdate important historical events, altering our understanding of the past.