verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To alter, degrade or downgrade to an earlier or worse version, especially when it was intended to update.
2. 2
   To undo an update.

   "I downdated the database to undo the most recent update."

3. 3
   To date earlier.

   "These excavations should be downdated."

Antonyms

All antonyms

update[1,2] update

Example

More examples

"The verb "to downdate" does not exist in the English lexicon, but let's go ahead and coin it anyway."

Etymology

From down- + date.

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