Plants

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary... The Columbia Encyclopedia,... A Dictionary of Food and... The Concise Oxford... Further reading

date

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

date 2 time or period of an event. XIV. — (O)F. — medL. data, sb. use of fem. of datus, pp. of dare give. Derived from the L. formula used in dating letters, e.g. Data (sc. epistola letter) Romæ, given or delivered at Rome, i.e. by the writer to the bearer.
So date vb. XV.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

T. F. HOAD. "date." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "date." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-date1.html

T. F. HOAD. "date." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-date1.html

Learn more about citation styles

date

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

date •abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fellate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"date." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"date." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-date.html

"date." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-date.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Date: the fruit of life. Magazine article from: Economic Review; 9/1/2002
	Dates to remember: ARS-Egypt study to preserve and cultivate prized date palm... Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 7/1/2006
	DATES WORTH REMEMBERING; Easy, elegant fillings work well with nature's... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/11/2010