Data

da'ta, n. p7. Facts given or admitted; ground of inference or deduction. — Da'tum, n. Something given, esp. as a standard; a datum-line, a horizontal line or level, from which siirface points are reckoned in surveying. — Date, dat, n. Specification of the time when a writing, coin, etc., was executed; precise period or time of; epoch: end; conclusion; duration; continuance, — v. t. To note the time of writing or executing; to fix the time of; to refer to as a starting point. — v. i. To have beginning, have a date. — Da'tive, -tiv, n. ( Law.) That which maybe given or disposed of at pleasure. (Gram.) The case of a noun which expre es the remoter object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective, —a. (Law.) Capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure; removable, as disting. fr. perpetual, — said of an officer; given by a magistrate, as disting. fr. being cast upon a party by the law. Pert, to the dative.