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Definition of Date back
1. Verb. Belong to an earlier time. "This story dates back 200 years"
Generic synonyms: Initiate, Originate, Start
Specialized synonyms: Ascend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Date Back
Literary usage of Date back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Receivers: With Extended Consideration of by Charles Fisk Beach, William Atkinson Alderson (1897)
"At What Time the Receiver's Title Vests and His Right of Possession Accrues —
They date back.—Courts have been involved in much controversy in regard to the ..."
2. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1885)
"... and, on the whole, it is to the third quarter of that century that we should
date back the original production of the highly important chart of Venice, ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Receivers as Applicable to Individuals by William Atkinson Alderson (1905)
"At What Time the Receiver's Title Vests and His Right of Possession Accrues —
They date back.— Courts have been involved in much controversy in regard to ..."
4. Isis and Thamesis: Hours on the River from Oxford to Henley by Alfred John Church (1880)
"The Regatta does not date back further than 1839. But its real origin may, perhaps,
be assigned to a time ten years earlier. ..."
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