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Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1. make obsolete or old-fashioned;
2. give an antique appearance to;
- Example: "antique furniture"
[syn: antique, antiquate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Antiquate \An"ti*quate\, v. t. [L. antiquatus, p. p. of antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient.] To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate. [1913 Webster] Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
