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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•tique /ænˈtik/USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -tiqued, -ti•quing. adj. [before a noun] - of or belonging to the past;
not modern:antique times. - of or belonging to ancient Rome or Greece.
- in the tradition or style of an earlier period:antique carvings; antique cabinets.
- concerned with selling or buying old objects such as furniture:an antique dealer; an antique shop.
n. [countable] - Furnituresomething produced in an earlier period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase:beautiful and rare antiques.
v. - Furniture to treat so as to give an antique appearance:[~ + object]to antique the old chest of drawers.
- to shop for or collect antiques:[no object]went antiquing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•tique (an tēk′),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -tiqued, -ti•quing. adj. - of or belonging to the past;
not modern. - dating from a period long ago:antique furniture.
- Automotivenoting or pertaining to automobiles approximately 25 years old or more.
- in the tradition, fashion, or style of an earlier period;
old-fashioned; antiquated. - of or belonging to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (of paper) neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface.
- ancient.
n. - any work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customs laws, 100 years before date of purchase.
- the antique style, usually Greek or Roman, esp. in art.
- [Print.]a style of type.
v.t. - to make or finish (something, esp. furniture) in imitation of antiques.
- to emboss (an image, design, letters, or the like) on paper or fabric.
v.i. - to shop for or collect antiques:She spent her vacation antiquing in Boston.
- Latin antīiquus, antīicus in front, existing earler, ancient; compare antic posticum
- Middle French antique)
- earlier also anticke (1520–30
an•tique′ly, adv. an•tique′ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bygone, archaic.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged old, obsolete, obsolescent. See ancient1.
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