Helen Fenton

Antiquate: Definition and part of speech

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Antiquate

  1. v. t. To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antiquated: Definition and part of speech

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Antiquated

  1. a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antique: Definition and part of speech

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Antique

  1. 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.
  2. a. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
  3. a. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
  4. a. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson’s “Castle of Indolence.”
  5. a. Odd; fantastic.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.