antique

[An*tique·]

An antique is an old fashioned thing, like a lamp from the sixties. Anything antique is old or at least old ish.

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Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

Noun
any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity

Noun
an elderly man

Verb
give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"

Verb
shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"

Adjective S.
out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

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Adjective S.
belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"

Adjective S.
made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"


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Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

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Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.

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Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

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Odd; fantastic.

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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.


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.
2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. "Antique words." Spenser. 3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence." 4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.] Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient.

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.

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

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.

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Usage Examples

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

What I enjoy doing more than anything is, I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars. I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway. The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.

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Other Usage Examples

I've always been homeschooled, so doing it on set is kind of the same thing. My mom makes it very interactive - we'll get a book on chocolate and learn how to make it, or she will buy antique items. I love military history, the mechanics and strategy of it.

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.

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