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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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