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English Dictionary: aged by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aged
adj
  1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
    Synonym(s): aged, elderly, older, senior
  2. at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks"
  3. having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"
    Synonym(s): aged(a), of age(p)
  4. of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well- aged cheeses"
    Synonym(s): aged, ripened
  5. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    Synonym(s): aged, cured
n
  1. people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"
    Synonym(s): aged, elderly
    Antonym(s): young, youth
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aged \A"ged\, a.
      1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond
            the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an
            aged man; an aged oak.
  
      2. Belonging to old age. [bd]Aged cramps.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. ([amac]"j[ecr]d or [amac]jd) Having a certain age; at the
            age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
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