There were a few dates planted around the house.

the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.

US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.

The start date for the festival is September 2.

He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.

We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.

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.

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.

I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.

"Why, Mr. Nisbet! I thought you were in New York."
"I had a telegram this morning, calling the date off,"

I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.

We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.

The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.

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.

In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.

Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.

They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.

The comedian dated himself by making quips about bands from the 1960s.

In these days of decimalization and metrication it is a pity that SI units were not used as this will date a very useful little book prematurely.

The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.

He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

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