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age - 9 definitions

- noun
1. age -- how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. historic period -- an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
synonyms: historic period
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. age -- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
synonyms: eld
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4. long time -- a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
synonyms: long time, years
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. old age -- a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
synonyms: old age, years, eld, geezerhood
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
6. age -- begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. senesce -- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
synonyms: senesce, get on, mature, maturate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. age -- make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
antonyms: rejuvenate -- make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. age, aged -- to grow old
synonyms: aged, ages, unaged, unaging, unageing
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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Antonyms
rejuvenate -- make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

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