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Antique

Antique Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Antique? [n] any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity [n] an elderly man [adj] out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [adj] belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" [adj] made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture" [v] give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture" [v] shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Antique: age-old \| antiquate \| demode \| gaffer \| mossback \| old \| old geezer \| old-fashioned \| old-hat(p) \| oldtimer \| old-timer \| out of fashion \| outmoded \| passe \| passee \| unfashionable \| unstylish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Antique: abandoned \| abiding \| abjured \| aged \| ageless \| age-long \| age-old \| ago \| ancestral \| ancient \| ancient manuscript \| antediluvian \| antiquated \| antiquity \| archaic \| archaism \| artifact \| auld \| back number \| bibelot \| blown over \| by \| bygone \| bypast \| cave painting \| chronic \| classical \| collectable \| conservative \| constant \| continuing \| curio \| dad \| dated \| dateless \| dead \| dead and buried \| deceased \| defunct \| departed \| deserted \| discontinued \| disused \| diuturnal \| dodo \| done with \| durable \| elapsed \| elder \| elderly \| enduring \| eolith \| evergreen \| expired \| extinct \| finished \| fogy \| forgotten \| fossil \| fossilized \| fud \| fuddy-duddy \| gone \| gone glimmering \| gone-by \| Gothic \| granny \| grown old \| hardy \| has-been \| heirloom \| hoary \| immemorial \| immutable \| intransient \| inveterate \| irrecoverable \| lapsed \| lasting \| legendary \| longeval \| longevous \| longhair \| long-lasting \| long-lived \| long-standing \| long-term \| macrobiotic \| matriarch \| medieval \| Methuselah \| mezzolith \| microlith \| mid-Victorian \| mossback \| neolith \| no more \| not worth saving \| objet d'art \| obsolescent \| obsolete \| of long duration \| of long standing \| of old \| of other times \| of yore \| old \| old as history \| old as Methuselah \| old as time \| old believer \| old crock \| old dodo \| old fogy \| old liner \| old man \| old poop \| old woman \| olden \| oldfangled \| old-fashioned \| old-time \| old-timer \| old-timey \| old-world \| on the shelf \| out \| out of date \| out of use \| outdated \| outmoded \| out-of-date \| outworn \| over \| paleolith \| passe \| passed \| passed away \| past \| past use \| patriarch \| pensioned off \| perdurable \| perduring \| perennial \| permanent \| perpetual \| persistent \| persisting \| petrification \| petrified \| petrified forest \| petrified wood \| petroglyph \| plateaulith \| pop \| pops \| rarity \| reactionary \| regular old fogy \| relic \| relinquished \| reliquiae \| remaining \| remains \| renounced \| resigned \| retired \| ruin \| ruins \| run out \| sempervirent \| square \| stable \| starets \| staying \| steadfast \| superannuate \| superannuated \| superseded \| survival \| timeless \| timeworn \| tough \| traditional \| traditionalist \| unfading \| vanished \| venerable \| vestige \| Victorian \| vital \| worn-out \| wound up See Also \| alter \| antiquity \| browse \| change \| graybeard \| greybeard \| Methuselah \| old man \| shop Antique In Webster's Dictionary \Antique"\, a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. {Antic}.] 1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. For the antique world excess and pride did hate. --Spenser. 2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. ``Antique words.'' --Spenser. 3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's ``Castle of Indolence.'' 4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written {antic}.] Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See {Ancient}. \Antique"\, n. [F. See {Antique}, a. ] In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. --Byron.

Antique Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antique?

[n] any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
[n] an elderly man
[adj] out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
[adj] belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
[adj] made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"
[v] give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"
[v] shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"

Antique In Webster's Dictionary

\An*tique"\, a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient,
equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. {Antic}.]
1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue.
   In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of
   Greece and Rome.

         For the antique world excess and pride did hate.
                                               --Spenser.



2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of
   time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
   ``Antique words.'' --Spenser.

3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of
   Thomson's ``Castle of Indolence.''

4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written {antic}.]

Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned;
     old. See {Ancient}.


\An*tique"\, n. [F. See {Antique}, a. ]
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a
relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique,
the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and
vases.

      Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. --Byron.

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