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English Dictionary: aging by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aging
adj
  1. growing old
    Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescent
n
  1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
    Synonym(s): ripening, aging, ageing
  2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
    Synonym(s): aging, ageing, senescence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Age \Age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aging}.]
      To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he
      grew fat as he aged.
  
               They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age
               for all that.                                          --Holland.
  
               I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a
               light-colored, hair here and there.         --Landor.
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