(n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
(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.) 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.
(n.) Assigned end; conclusion.
(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.
(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.
(v. i.) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; --
with from.
