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Definition of Antiquated
1. Adjective. So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period. "Archaic laws"
Definition of Antiquated
1. a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.
Definition of Antiquated
1. Adjective. old-fashioned, out of date ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiquated
1. antiquate [v] - See also: antiquate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiquated
Literary usage of Antiquated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"The antiquated is opposed to the customary and established ; it is that which we
cannot like, because we cannot esteem it: the ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A word peculiar to Spenser; whether provincial or antiquated, ... An antiquated
word in Spenser's time. ... the antiquated form of foudroyer, in French. ..."
3. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"David's language was not antiquated in Watts's day nor is Watts's hymn antiquated
now. More than ever do we feel, at the present time, the value of the ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"The fact that some illuminated semaphores have failed would hardly seem to justify
the judgment that what I recommend is " antiquated " and a failure. ..."
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