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date

Main Entry: ¹date

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): dated, dating

Language: English

transitive verb

1 : fechar (una carta, etc.), datar (un objeto) <it was dated June 9 : estaba fechada el 9 de junio>
2 : salir con <she's dating my brother : sale con mi hermano>

intransitive verb

: datar

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