antique

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(idea) by Magenta (7.5 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:25:16
that which is old and therefore good, unlike that which is old and therefore trash.

a chair too old to sit on, but too valuable to discard.

some things are based on antiques because the antique did it better. see linux.

(place) by EverybodysCyclopedia (7.4 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Fri Mar 28 2003 at 16:09:32

Antique, a province of Panay, Phillippine Islands, on the W. Coast; area, with dependent islands, 1,340 square miles; pop. (1903) 131,245, of whom 2,921 were wild; chief native race, Visayan; is rich in minerals.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:50:16

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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.

 

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