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an⋅tique

  [an-teek] adjective, noun, verb, -tiqued, -ti⋅quing.
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–adjective
1. of or belonging to the past; not modern.
2. dating from a period long ago: antique furniture.
3. noting or pertaining to automobiles approximately 25 years old or more.
4. in the tradition, fashion, or style of an earlier period; old-fashioned; antiquated.
5. of or belonging to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
6. (of paper) neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface.
7. ancient.
–noun
8. any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
9. the antique style, usually Greek or Roman, esp. in art.
10. Printing. a style of type.
–verb (used with object)
11. to make or finish (something, esp. furniture) in imitation of antiques.
12. to emboss (an image, design, letters, or the like) on paper or fabric.
–verb (used without object)
13. to shop for or collect antiques: She spent her vacation antiquing in Boston.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier also anticke (< MF antique) < L antīiquus, antīicus in front, existing earler, ancient; cf. antic posticum

Related forms:
an⋅tique⋅ly, adverb
an⋅tique⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. bygone, archaic. 2. old, obsolete, obsolescent. See ancient 1 .
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an·tique   (ān-tēk')   
adj.  
  1. Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period. See Synonyms at old.
  2. Of or belonging to ancient times, especially of, from, or characteristic of ancient Greece or Rome.
  3. Of or dealing in antiques.
  4. Old-fashioned: wore a suit of rather antique appearance.
n.  
  1. An object having special value because of its age, especially a domestic item or piece of furniture or handicraft esteemed for its artistry, beauty, or period of origin.
  2. The style or manner of ancient times, especially that of ancient Greek or Roman art: an admirer of the antique.
v.   an·tiqued, an·tiqu·ing, an·tiques

v.   tr.
To give the appearance of an antique to: antiqued an oak chest.
v.   intr.
To hunt or shop for antiques.

[French, from Latin antīquus; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]
an·tique'ly adv., an·tique'ness n.
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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. --Spenser.

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. --Byron.
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Language Translation for : antique
Spanish: antiguo,
German: antik,
Japanese: 時代ものの
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antique  (adj.)
1536, from M.Fr. antique, from L. antiquus "former, ancient," from PIE *anti in sense of "before" (locative singular of *ant- "front, forehead") + *okw- "appearance." The noun meaning "an old and collectible thing" is from 1771; the verb meaning "to give an antique appearance to" is from 1923. Originally pronounced in Eng. like its parallel antic, but Fr. pronunciation was eventually adopted. Antiquity "olden times" is from c.1380. Antiquated in the sense of "obsolete" is from 1623.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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antique

a relic or old object having aesthetic, historic, and financial value. Formerly, it referred only to the remains of the classical cultures of Greece and Rome; gradually, decorative arts-courtly, bourgeois, and peasant-of all past eras and places came to be considered antique.

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