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Webster 1913 Edition
Antiquated
An′ti-quaˊted
,Adj.
Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned;
“Antiquated words.” as, an
. antiquated
lawDryden.
Old Janet, for so he understood his
antiquated
attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. – Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See
Ancient
. Webster 1828 Edition
Antiquated
AN'TIQUATED
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Definition 2024
antiquated
antiquated
English
Adjective
antiquated (comparative more antiquated, superlative most antiquated)
- old-fashioned, out of date
- 1918, Arthur Balfour, Response to Woodrow Wilsons Speech:
- Coming to the third proposition, von Hertling says, with justice, that the doctrine of the balance of power is a more or less antiquated doctrine.
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Usage notes
Said of abstract concepts (such as doctrines, notions, ideas, principles, opinions, philosophies, methods, and words), but also of physical objects such as doors and maps.
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old fashioned
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