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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an elderly man;
[syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique]

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


VERB (2)

1. shop for antiques;
- Example: "We went antiquing on Saturday"

2. give an antique appearance to;
- Example: "antique furniture"
[syn: antique, antiquate]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age;
- Example: "the beautiful antique French furniture"

2. out of fashion;
- Example: "a suit of rather antique appearance"
- Example: "demode (or outmoded) attire"
- Example: "outmoded ideas"
[syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee]

3. belonging to or lasting from times long ago;
- Example: "age-old customs"
- Example: "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
[syn: age-old, antique]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Antique \An*tique"\, a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.] [1913 Webster] 1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. [1913 Webster] For the antique world excess and pride did hate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. "Antique words." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence." [1913 Webster] 4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

antique adj 1: made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture" 2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee] 3: belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" [syn: age-old, antique] n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique] 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: antique, antiquate]