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antiquated

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an⋅ti⋅quat⋅ed

  [an-ti-kwey-tid]
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–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 + -ed 2

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅qua⋅ted⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
See ancient 1 .

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 to make obsolete, old-fashioned, or out of date by replacing with something newer or better: This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray.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 ME antiquat old < ML antīquātus old, ancient, ptp. of antiquāre to put in an earlier state, v. deriv. of L antīquus; see antique

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅qua⋅tion, noun
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an·ti·quate   (ān'tĭ-kwāt')   
tr.v.   an·ti·quat·ed, an·ti·quat·ing, an·ti·quates

  1. To make obsolete or old-fashioned.

  2. To antique.


[Late Latin antīquāre, antīquāt-, to make old, from Latin, to leave in an old state, from antīquus, old; see antique.]
an'ti·qua'tion n.
an·ti·quat·ed   (ān'tĭ-kwā'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; outmoded. See Synonyms at old.

  2. Very old; aged: "The antiquated Earth, as one might say,/Beat like the heart of Man" (William Wordsworth).

an'ti·quat'ed·ness n.
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