Data

data, n.pl. facts given or admitted from which other facts may be deduced. sing. Da'tum. [L datum, aata given do, to give Date, dat, «. the tune when a letter is given or written: the tune of any event: a stipulated tune —v.t. to affix the date to. v.i to reckon to begin. [Fr date— L. datum.] Date, dat, «. the fruit of the date-palm, so called from lauded resemblance to the jim;er. [Fr datte— dactylns —Gr daktyios, a finger