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antiquation|æntɪˈkweɪʃən|
[ad. L. antīquātiōn-em, n. of action f. antīquā-re: see antiquate.]
1. The action of making antiquated, out of date, or obsolete; abolition, abrogation.
a1643W. Cartwright To Queen (R.) An antiquation of the salique law. 1828Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 245 This silent antiquation of doctrines.
2. The production of an appearance of age.
1862Sat. Rev. XIV. 476/2 A free use of acids and other tricks of ‘antiquation’—as the artificial simulation of the appearance of age began to be called.
3. The state of being antiquated; antiquatedness; obsoleteness.
1659Hardy 1 John (1865) xxviii. 177/2 To take new not in opposition to antiquity, but antiquation. 1862Spectator 29 Mar., Chaucer..would, in point of antiquation, be just as distant from the present language. |