Antiquation
(An`ti*qua"tion) n. [L. antiquatio, fr. antiquare.] The act of making antiquated, or the
state of being antiquated. Beaumont.
Antique
(An*tique") a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.]
1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing
ages of Greece and Rome.
For the antique world excess and pride did hate.
Spenser.
2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique
robe. "Antique words." Spenser.
3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."
4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.]
Syn. — Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient.
Antique
(An*tique") n. [F. See Antique, a. ] In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense,
a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues,
paintings, and vases.
Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques.
Byron.
Antiquely
(An*tique"ly), adv. In an antique manner.
Antiqueness
(An*tique"ness), n. The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.
We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work.
Addison.
Antiquist
(An"ti*quist) n. An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [R.] Pinkerton.
Antiquitarian
(An*tiq`ui*ta"ri*an) n. An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.]
[Obs.]
Antiquity
(An*tiq"ui*ty) n.; pl. Antiquities [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquité. See Antique.]
1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of
great antiquity.
2. Old age. [Obs.]
It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity?
Shak.
3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has vowed.
Sir W. Raleigh.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
B. Jonson.
6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense,
usually in the plural.] "Heathen antiquities." Bacon.
