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Webster 1913 Edition
Dater
Dat′er
,Noun.
One who dates.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dater
DA'TER
,Noun.
DA'TING, ppr. Expressing the time of writing or of executing a paper or instrument; noting the time of happening, or originating.
DA'TIVE, a. In grammar, the epithet of the case of nouns, which usually follows verbs that express giving, or some act directed to am object. Thus, datur tibi, it is given to you; missum est illi, it was sent to him; fecit mihi, he made or did to or for me; loquebatur illis, he spoke to them. It also follows other words expressing something to be given to a person or for his benefit; as, utilis vobis, useful to you. In English, this relation is expressed by to or for.
Definition 2024
dater
dater
French
Pronunciation
Verb
dater
- to date, to add a date onto something
- to date (de from)
- Ce fossile date de la fin de la Crétacé.
- This fossil dates from the end of the Cretaceous.
- Ce fossile date de la fin de la Crétacé.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dater | avoir daté | |||||
| gerund | en datant | en ayant daté | |||||
| present participle | datant /da.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | daté /da.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | date /dat/ |
dates /dat/ |
date /dat/ |
datons /da.tɔ̃/ |
datez /da.te/ |
datent /dat/ |
| imperfect | datais /da.tɛ/ |
datais /da.tɛ/ |
datait /da.tɛ/ |
dations /da.tjɔ̃/ |
datiez /da.tje/ |
dataient /da.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | datai /da.te/ |
datas /da.ta/ |
data /da.ta/ |
datâmes /da.tam/ |
datâtes /da.tat/ |
datèrent /da.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | daterai /da.tʁe/ |
dateras /da.tʁa/ |
datera /da.tʁa/ |
daterons /da.tʁɔ̃/ |
daterez /da.tʁe/ |
dateront /da.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | daterais /da.tʁɛ/ |
daterais /da.tʁɛ/ |
daterait /da.tʁɛ/ |
daterions /da.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dateriez /da.tə.ʁje/ |
dateraient /da.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | date /dat/ |
dates /dat/ |
date /dat/ |
dations /da.tjɔ̃/ |
datiez /da.tje/ |
datent /dat/ |
| imperfect1 |
datasse /da.tas/ |
datasses /da.tas/ |
datât /da.ta/ |
datassions /da.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
datassiez /da.ta.sje/ |
datassent /da.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | date /dat/ |
— | datons /da.tɔ̃/ |
datez /da.te/ |
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