Sentence:  He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him ... of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They <WSD>dated</WSD> from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.