Date

(noun.) sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed.

(noun.) a meeting arranged in advance; 'she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date'.

(noun.) a participant in a date; 'his date never stopped talking'.

(noun.) the present; 'they are up to date'; 'we haven't heard from them to date'.

(noun.) the specified day of the month; 'what is the date today?'.

(noun.) a particular day specified as the time something happens; 'the date of the election is set by law'.

(noun.) the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; 'he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class'.

(noun.) a particular but unspecified point in time; 'they hoped to get together at an early date'.

(verb.) assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; 'Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings'.

(verb.) provide with a dateline; mark with a date; 'She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated'.

(verb.) stamp with a date; 'The package is dated November 24'.

(verb.) go on a date with; 'Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart'.

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• He filed an application for a patent and entered into a conspiracy to 'swear back' of the date of my invention, so as to deprive me of it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Medina was a comparatively well-watered town, and possessed abundant date groves; its inhabitants were Yemenites, from the fertile land to the south. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The note was written on a rather untidy half-sheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The date of the appearance of the first Hedstrom motorcycle was 1901. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But we were nominated at the same time for the United States service, and both our commissions bore date May 17th, 1861. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Dates make ladies nervous and stories dry. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I do not remember dates so exactly, she said. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Metallurgy is an ancient art, and the working of gold, silver and copper dates back to the beginning of history. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Cakes of dates pounded and kneaded together are the food of the Arabs who traverse the deserts. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But I fancy he dates from his warehouse. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I professed from the first to disregard dates. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The other dates about 1695. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It was dated from Hampshire on the 25th of July, and it announced the journey of Lady Glyde to London on the 26th. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• One of his friends, Castelli, wrote of this in a letter many years later, dated 1638. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Some of these were dated ten years back, too, and one was quite a fresh one--a note for a thousand pounds which Lord Steyne had given her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Mrs. Casaubon was all very well; but Will's interest in her dated before he knew Mrs. Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Watson's paper is dated January 21, 1748; Franklin's July 11, 1747; several months prior. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Dating from three o'clock yesterday. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• So far as I can make out, it is nothing more exciting than an Abbey's accounts dating from the second half of the fifteenth century. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Estimates of the age of the Big Trees vary from the Christian Era through a period dating back beyond the coming of the Christian Saviour about 4,000 years. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To illustrate: the dating attachment enabled users to apply the addressograph to their statement work. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Again, an ?gean dagger from Mycen?, dating about 2000 B.C., shows a lion-hunt in progress. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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