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aged

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/eɪdʒd/ English

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verb

  1. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.“Grief ages us.”
  2. 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.”
  3. To categorize by age.“One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.”
  4. To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.“He grew fat as he aged.”

noun

  1. Old people, collectively.

adjective

  1. Old.
  2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.“Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.”
  3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

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