1. Growing old
   - ageing, senescent

1. Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
   - ripening, ageing 
2. The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
   - ageing, senescence

1. Begin to seem older; get older
   "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" 
2. Grow old or older
   "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
   - senesce, get on, mature, maturate 
3. Make older
   "The death of his child aged him tremendously"

Derived forms: agings

See also: old

Type of: alter, biological process, change, develop, modify, organic process

Antonym: rejuvenate

Encyclopedia: Age

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