age

  1. Noun.  The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
  2. Noun.  That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time.
  3. Noun.  The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
  4. Noun.  One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
  5. Noun.  Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
  6. Noun.  The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
  7. Noun.  A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
  8. Noun.  A great period in the history of the Earth.
  9. Noun.  A century; the period of one hundred years.
  10. Noun.  The people who live at a particular period.
  11. Noun.  Hence, a generation.
  12. Noun.  (hyperbole) A long time.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
  14. Verb.  (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
  15. Verb.  (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
  16. Verb.  (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.

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