- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Given or assigned length of life; dyration.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (n.) Assigned end; conclusion.
- (v.i.) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
- (v.t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
- (n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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