See Also: vicariate(1)(dictionary)
vicariate(2)(dictionary)
Date(medicine)
Cut off date(finance)
up-to-date(dictionary)
Due date(money)
out-of-date(dictionary)
due date(dictionary)
Value date(finance)
Value date(money)

vicariate(2) (iou) and date (iou)


vicariate(2) (iou)



vicariate noun. E17.
[medieval Latin vicariatus, from Latin vicarius: see VICAR, -ATE1.]
Christian Church. The office or authority of a vicar. E17.
The office or authority of a deputy or deputizing body. E17.
a. A district governed by a deputy governor. M18.
b. Christian Church. A church or parish ministered to by a vicar. M18.
c. Roman Catholic Church. The see of a vicar apostolic. E19.

date (iou)



date verb. LME.
[from DATE noun2.]
verb trans. Mark with a date. LME.
J. Austen The letter..was dated from Rosings at eight o'clock in the morning.
verb trans. Fix or ascertain the date or time of; reckon as beginning from; reckon chronologically. LME.
N. Podhoretz Several short passages..that the student was expected to date within ten years or so.
b. verb intrans. Count the time; reckon. M18.
c. verb trans. & intrans. Mark as or bear evidence of being of a certain date; make, be, or become outdated. colloq. L19.
H. Belloc All the middle and early Victorians are already datingexcept Macaulay. M. McCarthy It was wiser not to use slang because it dated you so quickly.
d. verb trans. Assign to a specified date. E20.
E. T. Leeds This find can be dated by coins to about A.D. 290.
verb trans. Put an end or period to; assign a duration to. Long rare. L16.
verb intrans. Assign itself or be assigned to a particular time; have its origin from. E19.
date back to have existed since.
E. K. Kane The house dated back as far as the days of Matthew Stach. J. L. Waten Father's affection for Ginger dated from this encounter.
verb intrans. Bear date; be written or addressed from (a specified place). M19.
D. G. Rossetti Dante's sonnet probably dates from Ravenna.
verb trans. & intrans. Make or have a date (with); esp. do so regularly, go out with (a person). Also foll. by up. colloq. (orig. US). E20.
N. Shute Every girl was dated up by a negro. J. D. Salinger She was Dating this terrible guy..that went to Choate. O. Sacks She never dated..variously maintaining that she despised, hated, or feared the Other sex.
datable, dateable adjective M19.
dated adjective (a) marked or assigned with a date; (b) colloq. outdated, old-fashioned; (c) (long rare) having a fixed term: L16.
dater noun E17.