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Meaning Of Age

  1. n.
    The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
  2. n.
    That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
  3. n.
    The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
  4. n.
    One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
  5. n.
    Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
  6. n.
    The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
  7. n.
    A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
  8. n.
    A great period in the history of the Earth.
  9. n.
    A century; the period of one hundred years.
  10. n.
    The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
  11. n.
    A long time.
  12. v. i.
    To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
  13. v. t.
    To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.



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