3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antique \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antique \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
antique
adj 1: made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age;
"the an "beautiful antique French furniture"
2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
"demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: {demode},
{old-fashioned}, {old-hat(p)}, {outmoded}, {passe}, {passee}]
3: belonging to or lasting from times very long ago; "age-old
customs"; "Western civilization is ancient"; "the antique
fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
[syn: {age-old}, {ancient}]
n 1: an elderly man [syn: {old-timer}, {mossback}, {gaffer}, {old
geezer}]
2: any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like
produced in a former period and valuable because of its
beauty or rarity
v 1: shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"
2: give an antique appearance to "antique furniture" [syn: {antiquate}]
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