date1
  
  n.
    - the day of the month or year as specified by a number.
 - a day or year when a given event occurred or will occur. 
▸
(dates)
 the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of a period or event.
 ▸the period of time to which something belongs.
 - a social or romantic appointment.
 - a musical or theatrical performance, especially as part of a tour.
 
v.
   - establish the date of. 
▸mark with a date.
 ▸
(date from or back to)
 have existed since.
 - 
[often as adj. dated]
 appear or cause to appear old-fashioned.
 - informal go on a date with.
 
 
  Phrase
  
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: via OFr. from med. L. data, fem. past part. of dare ‘give’; from the L. formula used in dating letters, data (epistola) ‘(letter) given or delivered’.
 
  
    
date2
  
  n.
  - a sweet, dark brown, oval fruit with a hard stone, usually eaten dried.
 - 
(also date palm)
 a tall palm tree which bears clusters of dates, native to western Asia and North Africa. 
[Phoenix dactylifera.]
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk daktulos ‘finger’ (because of the finger-like shape of its leaves).