aged
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/eɪdʒd/
English
Definitions
verb
- To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.“Grief ages us.”
- To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.“Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.”
- To categorize by age.“One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.”
- To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.“He grew fat as he aged.”
noun
- Old people, collectively.
adjective
- Old.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.“Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.”
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
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Synonyms
matureeldenoldyeareldernhoarymaturedelderlyolderseniorripeworncuredof agepreservedripenedsenescentantiquated