ageing

  1. Verb.  (British) (present participle of, age) .
  2. Noun.  (British) The process of becoming older or more mature.
  3. Noun.  (British) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
  4. Noun.  (British, gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
  5. Adjective.  (British) Becoming elderly.

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