date to
phrasal verbdate back (to…) | date from… | date to…
- to have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time mentioned
- The college dates back to medieval times.
- Our friendship dates back to the late 70s.
- The custom dates back hundreds of years.
- a law dating from the 17th century
- coins believed to date to the 1800s
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