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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Val·en·tine n.
 1. A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.
 2. A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.
 St. Valentine's Day, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 St Valentine's Day
      n : a day for the exchange of tokens of affection [syn: Valentine
           Day, Valentine's Day, Saint Valentine's Day, February
           14]