[deyt-lahyn] 
noun, verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing.| 1. | a line giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like. |
| 2. | to furnish (a news story) with a dateline: He datelines his reports Damascus. |
| date·line (dāt'līn') n. A phrase at the beginning of a newspaper or magazine article that gives the date and place of its origin. date'line' v. |
