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<hw>An`ti*qua"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>antiquatio</ets>, fr. <ets>antiquare</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.</def>

<i>Beaumont.</i>

<h1>Antique</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tique"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>antiquus</ets> old, ancient, equiv. to <ets>anticus</ets>, from <ets>ante</ets> before. Cf. <er>Antic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; <as>as, an <ex>antique</ex> statue</as>. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.</def>

<blockquote>For the <b>antique</b> world excess and pride did hate. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; <as>as, an <ex>antique</ex> robe</as>.</def> "<i>Antique</i> words."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Made in imitation of antiquity; <as>as, the <ex>antique</ex> style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence</as>."</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Odd; fantastic.</def> <altsp>[In this sense, written <asp>antic</asp>.]</altsp>

<syn>Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See <er>Ancient</er>.</syn>

<h1>Antique</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*tique"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Antique</er>, <tt>a.</tt> ]</ety> <def>In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, <i>the antique</i>, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.</def>

<blockquote>Misshapen monuments and maimed <b>antiques</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Antiquely</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*tique"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an antique manner.</def>

<h1>Antiqueness</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*tique"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.</def>

<blockquote>We may discover something venerable in the <b>antiqueness</b> of the work. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Antiquist</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An"ti*quist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An antiquary; a collector of antiques.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Pinkerton.</i>

<h1>Antiquitarian</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*tiq`ui*ta"ri*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An admirer of antiquity. <note>[Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.]</note></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Antiquity</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*tiq"ui*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Antiquities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>antiquitas</ets>, fr. <ets>antiquus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>antiquit\'82</ets>. See <er>Antique</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; <as>as, a statue of remarkable <ex>antiquity</ex>; a family of great <ex>antiquity</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Old age.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>