dateable

Variant of date

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
    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

Origin: 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, dating

  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
    1. to show or reveal as typical of a certain period or age
    2. to make seem old-fashioned or out-of-date
  4. to reckon by dates
  5. 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

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