About The Word Eld
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Eld
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What's The Definition Of Eld?
[n] a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
[n] a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" Synonyms | Synonyms for Eld: age | geezerhood | old age | years Related Terms | Find terms related to Eld: See Also | age of consent | dotage | drinking age | eighties | legal age | life | lifespan | lifetime | majority | mid-eighties | mid-nineties | mid-seventies | mid-sixties | minority | nineties | nonage | second childhood | senility | seventies | sixties | time of life | voting age Eld In Webster's Dictionary \Eld\, a. [AS. eald.]
Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Eld\, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See {Old}.] 1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic] As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. --Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. --Spenser. 2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic] Astrologers and men of eld. --Longfellow. \Eld\, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.] \Eld\, v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. --Rom. of R. |
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