Meaning of ANTIQUE
| Pronunciation: | | an'teek
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- [n] any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
- [n] an elderly man
- [adj] out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
- [adj] belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
- [adj] made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"
- [v] give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"
- [v] shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"
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ANTIQUE is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | age-old, antiquate, demode, gaffer, mossback, old, old geezer, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), oldtimer, old-timer, out of fashion, outmoded, passe, passee, unfashionable, unstylish |
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| | See Also: | | alter, antiquity, browse, change, graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah, old man, shop | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.
\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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of antiques signifier that you are showing the need to think about your past, your well respected values and traditons. If feelings of happiness are stemming from such a dream, it means that you need to reinforce these values and long acquired notions in your present life. If this dream makes you nervous or sad, it means that you are trying to distance yourself from a bad experience you had in the past. |
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