单词 | antiquation |
释义 | antiquationn. 1. The action or an act of consigning something to the past; the process of becoming obsolete or disused. Cf. antiquate v. 1.In early use often with reference to laws or customs. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > rendering or becoming antiquation1607 antiquating1617 fossilization1862 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. v. 22 Remember we the generall neglect, and antiquation of this Lawe. 1694 J. Wallis Def. Christian Sabbath 76 Instead of an outward Ceremonial Service, he would establish a service more Spiritual. From whence he [sc. a previous author] concludes the Antiquation of the Former. 1828 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 245 This silent antiquation of doctrines. 1907 Electrician 26 Apr. 52/1 The provision of a further fund to cover antiquation of machinery. 2005 New Yorker 3 Oct. 75/3 The coal thing would revolutionize American railroads, slow the spread of creeping desuetude, reverse—to a large extent—their antiquation. 2. The state or condition of being outmoded or old-fashioned; antiquatedness.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness staleness1552 surannation1656 superannuation1658 antiquation1659 fustinessa1661 antiquateness1664 antiquatedness1730 superannuity1781 innovelty1783 old-fashionedness1817 square-toedness1846 fossilism1861 obsolescence1887 old-timiness1887 frumpishness1889 old-fangledness1895 out-of-dateness1915 datedness1933 outdatedness1953 time warp1965 1659 N. Hardy First Epist. John: 2nd Pt. (ii. 7-8) vi. 112 To take new not in opposition to antiquity, but antiquation; new because it waxeth not old, is never out of date, but alwaies in force. 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. vi. 457 Many words, acceptations, constructions and combinations have since varied into total antiquation. 1862 Spectator 29 Mar. Chaucer..would, in point of antiquation, be just as distant from the present language. 1919 Amer. Stationer & Office Outfitter 19 July 34/2 These stores have none of the earmarks of antiquation like the stores that resemble grandfather's easy-going establishment. 2013 Belfast Tel. 19 Jan. 22 The iconic His Masters Voice imprint... A logo that reeked of antiquation and yet seemed thrillingly ‘other’ at the same time. 3. The action of causing something to seem older than it actually is; the creation of an appearance of age or antiquity. Cf. antiquate v. 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1862 Sat. Rev. 18 Oct. 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. 1910 T. F. Bumpus Cathedrals Northern France 76 The rest of the glass is modern, but rich and harmonious without the trickery of antiquation. 2005 P. J. Anttonen Trad. through Modernity ix. 176 The Finno-Ugric discourse in Finland rests on the antiquation of that heritage, which locates its foundation in the prehistory of the modern Finns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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