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1. (rare) An assigned end; a conclusion.Examples: "But because he is but briefe, and these things of great consequence not to be kept obscure, I shall conceave it nothing above my duty either for the difficulty or the censure that may passe thereon, to communicate such thoughts as I also have had, and do offer them now in this generall labour of reformation, to the candid view both of Church and Magistrate; especially because I see it the hope of good men, that those irregular and unspirituall Courts have spun their utmost date in this Land; and some beter course must now be constituted."; "What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date."rare

2. (obsolete) A given or assigned length of life; duration.Examples: "Good luck prolonged hath thy date."; "1611-15, George Chapman (translator), Homer (author), The Odysseys of Homer, Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5, As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date, Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state, Both in his age to keep in peace his house, And to have children wise and valorous."obsolete

1. (transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.Examples: "to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter"; "You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois."; "I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia."transitive

2. (transitive) To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.Examples: "The writer dates the festival on June 21st, which is probably a mistake."transitive

3. (transitive) To determine the age of something.Examples: "to date the building of the pyramids"transitive

4. (transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.transitive

5. (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.Examples: "Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston."Synonyms: go out, seebroadlytransitive

6. (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.Examples: "They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months."Synonyms: go out, seebroadlyreciprocal