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Webster 1913 Edition
Date
Date
,Noun.
[F.
datte
, L. dactylus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK]
, prob. not the same word as δάκτυλοσ
finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
☞ 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
– Phœnix dactylifera
. See Illust.
Date plum
(Bot.)
, the fruit of several species of
– Diospyros
, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (Diospyros Lotus
). Date shell
, or
Date fish
(Zool.)
, a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus
Pholas
, and allied genera. See Pholas
.Date
,Noun.
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
. etc. date
of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coinAnd 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 battleHe at once,
Down the long series of eventful time,
So fixed the
To every living soul of every kind
The field of motion, and the hour of rest.
Down the long series of eventful time,
So fixed the
dates
of being, so disposedTo 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.
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 charter2.
To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of;
as, to
. date
the building of the pyramids☞ 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.
Date
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Date
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
,Verb.
I.
1.
To reckon.2.
To begin; to have origin.The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett.
DATE
,Noun.