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an·ti·quat·ed

   [an-ti-kwey-tid]
adjective
1.
continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned: antiquated attitudes.
2.
no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent: The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine.
3.
aged; old:
Origin:
1615–25; antiquate + -ed2

Related forms
an·ti·qua·ted·ness, noun
un·an·ti·quat·ed, adjective

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See ancient1.

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an·ti·quate

   [an-ti-kweyt]
verb (used with object), -quat·ed, -quat·ing.
1.
to make obsolete, old-fashioned, or out of date by replacing with something newer or better: This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray.
2.
to design or create in an antique style; cause to appear antique.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English antiquat old < Medieval Latin antīquātus old, ancient, past participle of antiquāre to put in an earlier state, verbal derivative of Latin antīquus; see antique

Related forms
an·ti·qua·tion, noun
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antiquated (ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd)
 
—adj
1.  outmoded; obsolete
2.  aged; ancient
 
'antiquatedness
 
—n

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antiquated
1620s, pp. adj. from antiquate (1530s) "to make old or obsolete," from L. antiquatus, pp. of antiquare (see antique).
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