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English Dictionary: antiquate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antiquate
v
  1. make obsolete or old-fashioned
  2. give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"
    Synonym(s): antique, antiquate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Antiquate \An"ti*quate\, v. t. [L. antiquatus, p. p. of
      antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient.]
      To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in
      such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or
      abrogate.
  
               Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and
               antiquate or abrogate old one.               --Sir M. Hale.
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