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antiquify

verb

Etymology

From antique + -ify.

  1. derived from antiquus — “former, earlier, ancient, old”
  2. borrowed from antique — “ancient, old”
  3. suffixed as antiquify — “antique + ify”

Definitions

  1. To give the appearance of being an antique.

    • Within these few years Sir Charles has antiquified the Hall, if such a word may be admitted, so that its pointed gable ends, and Elizabethan appearance, render it somewhat an object of curiosity.
    • I spoke with him afterwards and he admitted to me—told me the other half of the truth—that the European who sold him the antiquified coins taught him also the trick.

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