Etymology 1

Noun

1. The fruit of the date palm. This sweet fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
2. The date palm itself.

Etymology 2

Noun

1. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
   • John Dryden,

     And bonds without a date, they say, are void.

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

     the date for pleading

2. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.
   • Mark Akenside,

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

3. A point in time, as in You may need that at a later date.
4. Assigned end; conclusion.
   • Alexander Pope,

     What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date.

5. Given or assigned length of life; duration.
   • Edmund Spenser,

     Good luck prolonged hath thy date.

   • 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.

6. A pre-arranged social meeting.
7. A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
8. A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
9. anus.

Verb

1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter

   The letter is dated at Philadephia. - G. T. Curtis

   You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. - Joseph Addison

   In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. - M. Arnold

2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
3. To determine the age of something; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
4. To take (someone) on a series of dates.
5. To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

   This show hasn't dated well.

6. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from

   The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. - E. Everett