AGE
\ˈe͡ɪd͡ʒ], \ˈeɪdʒ], \ˈeɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of AGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
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a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
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an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
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grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
By Princeton University
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how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
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a historic period; "we live in a litigious age"
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a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
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That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
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The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
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One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
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Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
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The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
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A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
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A great period in the history of the Earth.
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A century; the period of one hundred years.
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The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
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A long time.
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To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
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To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
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In poker, the right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
By Oddity Software
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The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
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That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
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The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
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One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
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Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
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The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
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A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
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A great period in the history of the Earth.
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A century; the period of one hundred years.
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The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
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A long time.
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To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
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To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
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In poker, the right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
By Noah Webster.
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A particular period of time in life or in history; the length of time already lived; time.
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To grow old; to make old.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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The ordinary length of human life: the time during which a person or thing has lived or existed: mature years: legal maturity (at 21 years): a period of time: a generation of men: a century.
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To grow old:-pr.p. aging; pa.p. aged.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make, grow, or seem to grow old.
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Period of life or existence; length of life already passed.
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The decline of life; the state of being old.
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Legal majority; maturity.
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An era; generation; century.
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Forming collective nouns; as, baggage, leafage.
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Forming nouns of condition, office, service, or other relation or connection; as, drayage, pilgrimage.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The period of time during which a person or thing exists or has existed; extreme verge of a long life; old people; time of life; maturity; majority; a historical period, or epoch; a generation; a century; a long time; a division of time.
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To grow, or seem to grow, old.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Period of life. Time that has elapsed since birth, &c. Five ages are often designated in the life of man: 1. First infancy (Infan'tia;) 2. Second infancy (Pueri"tia;) 3. Adolescence (Adolescen'tia;) 4. The adult age (Viril'itas;) 5. Old age, (Old Eng.) Elth, (Senec'tus.)
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Latin] Whole duration of a being; - the latter part of life; - a certain period of life; marked by a difference of state; - period when a person is enabled by law to act for himself; - a particular period of time in history; - the people who live at that period - hence, a generation
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Any period of time attributed to something as the whole, or part of its duration; a succession or generation of men; the time in which any particular man, or race of men lived, as, the age of heroes; the space of a hundred years; the latter part of life, old age; in law, in a man the age of twenty-one years is the full age, a woman at twenty-one is able to alienate her lands.
By Thomas Sheridan
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