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antique

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antique in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. belonging to or lasting from times long ago
    "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
    age-old  antique 
  2. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
    "the beautiful antique French furniture"
    antique 
  3. out of fashion
    "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
    antique  demode  ex  old-fashioned  old-hat  outmoded  passe  passee 
verb
  1. give an antique appearance to
    "antique furniture"
    antique  antiquate 
  2. shop for antiques
    "We went antiquing on Saturday"
    antique 
noun
  1. any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
    antique 
  2. an elderly man
    old-timer  oldtimer  gaffer  old geezer  antique 
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