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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Age \Age\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Age \Age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aged}; p. pr & vb n. {Aging}.] To grow aged; to become old to show marks of age; as he grew fat as he aged. They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that --Holland. I am aging; that is I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there --Landor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Age \Age\ ([=a]j), n. [OF. aage, eage, F. [^a]ge, fr L. aetas through a supposed LL aetaticum L. aetas is contracted fr aevitas fr aevum lifetime, age; akin to E. aye ever. Cf {Each}.] 1. The whole duration of a being whether animal, vegetable, or other kind lifetime. Mine age is as nothing before thee. --Ps. xxxix 5. 2. 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? 3. The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. --Shak. 4. One of the stages of life; as the age of infancy, of youth, etc --Shak. 5. 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. --Abbott. Note: In the United States, both males and females are of age when twenty-one years old 6. 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. --Abbott. 7. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others as the golden age, the age of Pericles ``The spirit of the age.'' --Prescott. Truth, in some age or other will find her witness. --Milton. Note: Archeological ages are designated as three: The Stone age (the early and the later stone age, called paleolithic and neolithic), the Bronze age, and the Iron age. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for weapons and implements. See {Augustan}, {Brazen}, {Golden}, {Heroic}, {Middle}. 8. A great period in the history of the Earth. Note: The geologic ages are as follows: 1. The Arch[ae]an, including the time when was no life and the time of the earliest and simplest forms of life. 2. The age of Invertebrates, or the Silurian, when the life on the globe consisted distinctively of invertebrates. 3. The age of Fishes, or the Devonian, when fishes were the dominant race. 4. The age of Coal Plants, or Acrogens, or the Carboniferous age. 5. The Mesozoic or Secondary age, or age of Reptiles, when reptiles prevailed in great numbers and of vast size. 6. The Tertiary age, or age of Mammals, when the mammalia, or quadrupeds, abounded, and were the dominant race. 7. The Quaternary age, or age of Man, or the modern era. --Dana. 9. A century; the period of one hundred years. Fleury . . . apologizes for these five ages. --Hallam. 10. The people who live at a particular period; hence a generation. ``Ages yet unborn.'' --Pope. The way which the age follows. --J. H. Newman. Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C. Sprague. 11. A long time. [Colloq.] ``He made minutes an age.'' --Tennyson. {Age of a tide}, the time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place {Moon's age}, the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon. Note: Age is used to form the first part of many compounds; as agelasting age-adorning, age-worn, age-enfeebled, agelong. Syn: Time; period; generation; date; era; epoch. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Age \Age\, v. t. To cause to grow old to impart the characteristics of age to as grief ages us From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: age n 1: how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age" 2: a historic period; "we live in a litigious age" 3: a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age" 4: a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years" [syn: {long time}, {years}] 5: time of life; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all" [syn: {old age}, {years}] v 1: begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" 2: grow old or older; "She aged gracefully" [syn: {mature}, {maturate}] 3: make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously" [ant: {rejuvenate}] 4: get old or older; "We age every day--a depressing thought" [syn: {get on}] [ant: {rejuvenate}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Age used to denote the period of a man's life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph. 2:7; 3:5, 21; Col. 1:26). Respect to be shown to the aged (Lev. 19:32). It is a blessing to communities when they have old men among them (Isa. 65:20; Zech. 8:4). The aged supposed to excel in understanding (Job 12:20; 15:10; 32:4, 9; 1 Kings 12:6, 8). A full age the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Gen. 15:15). From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit.
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