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antiquate

[an-ti-kweyt]

verb (used with object)

antiquated, antiquating 
  1. to make obsolete, old-fashioned, or out of date by replacing with something newer or better.

    This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray.

  2. to design or create in an antique style; cause to appear antique.



antiquate

/ ˈæԳɪˌɱɪ /

verb

  1. to make obsolete or old-fashioned

  2. to give an old or antique appearance to

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • antiquation noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of antiquate1

1400–50; late Middle English antiquat old < Medieval Latin Գīٳܲ old, ancient, past participle of Գپ to put in an earlier state, verbal derivative of Latin Գīܳܲ; antique
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of antiquate1

C15: from Latin Գī to make old, from Գīܳܲ ancient
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Its facilities and infrastructure are very antiquated in modern F1 terms, and to bring them up to date would take a lot of money the circuit doesn't have.

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There’s also going to be dynamic pricing that will allow lower prices for less desirable games, something that was impossible under the school’s previous antiquated system.

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The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged in a statement that "our antiquated air traffic control system is affecting our work force".

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While an entire subsection of the U.K. population worried about their equal rights being stripped away by antiquated thinking and baseless conspiracy theories, Rowling sat back with a smirk.

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Even more disturbing, the cases were brought under an antiquated World War I era law called the Espionage Act of 1917.

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