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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DATE, n.
1. That addition to a writing which specifies the year, month and day when it was given or executed. In letters, it notes the time when they are written or sent; in deeds, contracts, wills and other papers, it specifies the time of execution, and usually the time from which they are to take effect and operate on the rights of persons. To the date is usually added the name of the place where a writing is executed, and this is sometimes included in the term date.
2. The time when any event happened, when any thing was transacted, or when any thing is to be done; as the date of a battle; the date of Cesar's arrival in Britain.
3. End; conclusion.
What time would spare, from steel receives its
date. Pope.
4. Duration; continuance; as, ages of endless date.
DATE, v.t.
1. To write or note the time when a letter is written, or a writing executed; to express, in an instrument, the year, month and day of its execution, and usually the place; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
2. To note or fix the time of an event or transaction. Historians date the fulfillment of a prophecy at different periods.
3. To note the time when something begins; as, to date a disease or calamity from a certain cause.
DATE, v.i.
1. To reckon.
2. To begin; to have origin.
The Batavian republic dates from the successes of
the French arms. E. Everett.
DATE, n. The fruit of the great palm-tree, or date-tree, the Phoenix dactylifera. This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an acorn, composed of a thin light glossy membrane, somewhat pellucid and yellowish, containing a soft pulpy fruit, firm and sweet, esculent and wholesome, and in this is inclosed a hard kernel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month]
2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort]
3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement]
4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date]
5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"
6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"
7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law"
8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v
1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"
2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp]
3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see]
5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, ultimately from Latin dactylus — more at dactyl Date: 14th century 1. the oblong edible fruit of a palm (Phoenix dactylifera) 2. the tall palm with pinnate leaves that yields the date II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin data, from data (as in data Romae given at Rome), feminine of Latin datus, past participle of dare to give; akin to Latin dos gift, dowry, Greek didonai to give Date: 14th century 1. a. the time at which an event occurs <the date of his birth> b. a statement of the time of execution or making <the date on the letter> 2. duration 3. the period of time to which something belongs 4. a. an appointment to meet at a specified time; especially a social engagement between two persons that often has a romantic character b. a person with whom one has a usually romantic date 5. an engagement for a professional performance (as of a dance band) III. verb (dated; dating) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to determine the date of <date an antique> 2. to record the date of ; mark with the date 3. a. to mark with characteristics typical of a particular period b. to show up plainly the age of 4. to make or have a date with intransitive verb 1. to reckon chronologically 2. originate <a friendship dating from college days> 3. to become dated 4. to go out on usually romantic dates • datable also dateable adjective • dater noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a day of the month, esp. specified by a number. 2 a particular day or year, esp. when a given event occurred. 3 a statement (usu. giving the day, month, and year) in a document or inscription etc., of the time of composition or publication. 4 the period to which a work of art etc. belongs. 5 the time when an event happens or is to happen. 6 colloq. a an engagement or appointment, esp. with a person of the opposite sex. b US a person with whom one has a social engagement. --v. 1 tr. mark with a date. 2 tr. a assign a date to (an object, event, etc.). b (foll. by to) assign to a particular time, period, etc. 3 intr. (often foll. by from, back to, etc.) have its origins at a particular time. 4 intr. be recognizable as from a past or particular period; become evidently out of date (a design that does not date). 5 tr. indicate or expose as being out of date (that hat really dates you). 6 colloq. a tr. make an arrangement with (a person) to meet socially. b intr. meet socially by agreement (they are now dating regularly). Phrases and idioms: date-line 1 the line from north to south partly along the meridian 180° from Greenwich, to the east of which the date is a day earlier than it is to the west. 2 a line at the head of a dispatch or special article in a newspaper showing the date and place of writing. date-stamp n. 1 an adjustable rubber stamp etc. used to record a date. 2 the impression made by this. --v.tr. mark with a date-stamp. out of date ( attrib. out-of-date) old-fashioned, obsolete. to date until now. up to date ( attrib. up-to-date) meeting or according to the latest requirements, knowledge, or fashion; modern. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L data, fem. past part. of dare give: from the L formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) (letter) given or delivered (at a particular time or place) 2. n. 1 a dark oval single-stoned fruit. 2 (in full date-palm) the tall tree Phoenix dactylifera, native to W. Asia and N. Africa, bearing this fruit. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L dactylus f. Gk daktulos finger, from the shape of its leaf

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Date Date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dating.] [Cf. F. dater. See 2d Date.] 1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. 2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. Note: We may say dated at or from a place. The letter is dated at Philadephia. --G. T. Curtis. You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. --Addison. In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. --M. Arnold.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Date Date, n. [F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p. p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. ?, OSlaw. dati, Skr. d[=a]. Cf. Datum, Dose, Dato, Die.] 1. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc. And bonds without a date, they say, are void. --Dryden. 2. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. --Akenside. 3. Assigned end; conclusion. [R.] What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. --Pope. 4. Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.] Good luck prolonged hath thy date. --Spenser. Through his life's whole date. --Chapman. To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome, and inclosing a hard kernel. Date palm, or Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Ph[oe]nix dactylifera. See Illust. Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus). Date shell, or Date fish (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Date Date, v. i. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. --E. Everett.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dates, dating, dated) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year. What's the date today?... You will need to give the dates you wish to stay and the number of rooms you require. N-COUNT 2. If you date something, you give or discover the date when it was made or when it began. I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely... Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius. VERB: V n, V n to n 3. When you date something such as a letter or a cheque, you write that day's date on it. Once the decision is reached, he can date and sign the sheet... The letter is dated 2 July 1993. VERB: V n, V-ed 4. If you want to refer to an event without saying exactly when it will happen or when it happened, you can say that it will happen or happened at some date in the future or past. Retain copies of all correspondence, since you may need them at a later date... N-SING: with supp, at N 5. To date means up until the present time. 'Dottie' is by far his best novel to date... PHRASE: PHR with cl 6. If something dates, it goes out of fashion and becomes unacceptable to modern tastes. A black coat always looks smart and will never date... VERB: V 7. If your ideas, what you say, or the things that you like or can remember date you, they show that you are quite old or older than the people you are with. It's going to date me now. I attended that school from 1969 to 1972. VERB: V n 8. A date is an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship. I have a date with Bob... N-COUNT 9. If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date. He lied to Essie, saying his date was one of the girls in the show. N-COUNT: usu poss N 10. If you are dating someone, you go out with them regularly because you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship with them. You can also say that two people are dating. For a year I dated a woman who was a research assistant... They've been dating for three months... V-RECIP: V n, pl-n V 11. A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries. N-COUNT 12. see also blind date, carbon dating, dated, out of date, up to date

Easton's Bible Dictionary

the fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine (Joel 1:12; Neh. 8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Time, epoch, era, age. II. v. a. Fix the date of, note the time of, affix a date to. III. v. n. Begin, be reckoned, be dated.

Moby Thesaurus

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