noun

1. a statement as on a writing or coin specifying when it was made
2. the time at which a thing happens or is done
3. the time that anything lasts or goes on
4. a person's birth and death dates, usually expressed in years
5. the day of the month
6. ☆
   1. an appointment for a set time, esp. one for a social engagement with a person of the opposite sex
   2. such an engagement
   3. a person of the opposite sex with whom one has such an engagement

Etymology: ME < OFr < L data, fem. of datus, pp. of dare, to give (the first word in Roman letters, giving the place and time of writing, as data Romae, lit., given at Rome) < IE base *dō-, to give > Gr dōron, gift, didonai, to give, Russ dat', to give

transitive verb dated dat′ed, dating dat′·ing

1. to mark (a letter, etc.) with a date
2. to find out, determine, set, or record the date of
3. to assign a date to
4. 1. to show or reveal as typical of a certain period or age
   2. to make seem old-fashioned or out-of-date
5. to reckon by dates
6. to have a social engagement or engagements with

intransitive verb

1. to belong to, or have origin in, a definite period in the past: usually with from
2. ☆ to have social engagements with persons of the opposite sex

noun

1. the sweet, fleshy fruit of the date palm, having a large, hard seed
2. date palm

Etymology: ME < OFr < L dactylus < Gr daktylos, a date, prob. < Sem, as in Ar dáqal, date palm