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▪ I. antiquate, ppl. a. arch.|ˈæntɪkwət|
[ad. L. antīquāt-us, pa. pple. of antīquā-re to render old, f. antīqu-us antique.]
Rendered or grown old; obsolete through age; antiquated.
1537? Tindale Exp. 1 John Wks. II. 174 It was antiquate, and clean out of knowledge. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 517 It abates the antiquate belly-flux. 1706De Foe Jure Div. xii. 274 Triumphant Vice grown antiquate and old. 1875B. Taylor Faust I. xxi. 188 Who, now, a work of moderate sense will read? Such works are held as antiquate and mossy.
▪ II. antiquate, v.|ˈæntɪkweɪt|
[f. prec.: see -ate.]
1. To make old, or out of date; to make obsolete; to abolish as out of date.
1596Spenser State of Irel. 22 Now thorough change of time [they] are cleane antiquated. 1656Blount Glossogr. To Reader, Every..Sciolist being at liberty, as, to antiquate and decry the old, so to coin and innovate new words. 1678Marvell Growth Popery Wks. 1875 IV. 254 He [the Pope] antiquates the precepts of Christ. 1859G. Wilson E. Forbes iv. 106 Quickly-collected, yet trustworthy data, such as antiquated even modern text-books, with unheard-of rapidity.
2. To bring into conformity with the manner of earlier times; to make antique.
1821Edin. Rev. XXXV 492 Familiar contemplation of them has..enabled him to antiquate his feelings. 1825Scott in Lockhart Life VIII. 152 To disguise and antiquate as it were their names by spelling them after some quaint manner. |