noun.
A grant; concession; gift.
noun.
The fruit of the date-palm, Phœnix dactylifera, used extensively as an article of food by the natives of northern Africa and of some countries of Asia.
To mark with a date, as a letter or other writing. See date, n.
To note or fix the time of, as of an event or transaction; assign a date or time of occurrence to: as, to date an event in ancient history.
To have a date: as, the letter dates from Rome. See I.
To have beginning; derive origin.
To use a date in reckoning; reckon from some point in time.
noun.
That part of a writing or an inscription which purports to specify the time when, and usually the place where, it was executed.
noun.
The time, with more or less particularity, when some event has happened or is to happen: as, the date of a battle; the dates of birth and death on a monument; the date of Easter varies from year to year, or is variable.
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Point or period of time in general: as, at that early date.
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A season or allotted period of time.
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Age; number of years.
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Duration; continuance.
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End; conclusion.
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A day-book, journal, or diary.
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For secret meetings, especially for an immoral purpose; make assignations.
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An occasional name in California of the fanleaf palm, Neowashingtonia filamentosa.