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Meaning of "antiquate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTIQUATE

From Latin antīquāre to make old, from antīquus ancient.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIQUATE

antiquate  [ˈæntɪˌkweɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIQUATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antiquate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb antiquate in English.

WHAT DOES ANTIQUATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of antiquate in the English dictionary

The definition of antiquate in the dictionary is to make obsolete or old-fashioned. Other definition of antiquate is to give an old or antique appearance to.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ANTIQUATE

PRESENT

Present
I antiquate
you antiquate
he/she/it antiquates
we antiquate
you antiquate
they antiquate
Present continuous
I am antiquating
you are antiquating
he/she/it is antiquating
we are antiquating
you are antiquating
they are antiquating
Present perfect
I have antiquated
you have antiquated
he/she/it has antiquated
we have antiquated
you have antiquated
they have antiquated
Present perfect continuous
I have been antiquating
you have been antiquating
he/she/it has been antiquating
we have been antiquating
you have been antiquating
they have been antiquating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I antiquated
you antiquated
he/she/it antiquated
we antiquated
you antiquated
they antiquated
Past continuous
I was antiquating
you were antiquating
he/she/it was antiquating
we were antiquating
you were antiquating
they were antiquating
Past perfect
I had antiquated
you had antiquated
he/she/it had antiquated
we had antiquated
you had antiquated
they had antiquated
Past perfect continuous
I had been antiquating
you had been antiquating
he/she/it had been antiquating
we had been antiquating
you had been antiquating
they had been antiquating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will antiquate
you will antiquate
he/she/it will antiquate
we will antiquate
you will antiquate
they will antiquate
Future continuous
I will be antiquating
you will be antiquating
he/she/it will be antiquating
we will be antiquating
you will be antiquating
they will be antiquating
Future perfect
I will have antiquated
you will have antiquated
he/she/it will have antiquated
we will have antiquated
you will have antiquated
they will have antiquated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been antiquating
you will have been antiquating
he/she/it will have been antiquating
we will have been antiquating
you will have been antiquating
they will have been antiquating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would antiquate
you would antiquate
he/she/it would antiquate
we would antiquate
you would antiquate
they would antiquate
Conditional continuous
I would be antiquating
you would be antiquating
he/she/it would be antiquating
we would be antiquating
you would be antiquating
they would be antiquating
Conditional perfect
I would have antiquate
you would have antiquate
he/she/it would have antiquate
we would have antiquate
you would have antiquate
they would have antiquate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been antiquating
you would have been antiquating
he/she/it would have been antiquating
we would have been antiquating
you would have been antiquating
they would have been antiquating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you antiquate
we let´s antiquate
you antiquate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to antiquate
Past participle
antiquated
Present Participle
antiquating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIQUATE


appropinquate
ˌæprəˈpɪŋkweɪt
await
əˈweɪt
coequate
ˌkəʊɪˈkweɪt
colliquate
ˈkɒlɪˌkweɪt
equate
ɪˈkweɪt
featherweight
ˈfɛðəˌweɪt
heavyweight
ˈhɛvɪˌweɪt
Koweit
kəʊˈweɪt
Kuwait
kʊˈweɪt
lightweight
ˈlaɪtˌweɪt
liquate
ˈlaɪkweɪt
middleweight
ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt
overweight
ˌəʊvəˈweɪt
paperweight
ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt
thwaite
θweɪt
underweight
ˌʌndəˈweɪt
wait
weɪt
Waite
weɪt
weight
weɪt
welterweight
ˈwɛltəˌweɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIQUATE

antipyrine
antiquarian
antiquarianism
antiquaries
antiquark
antiquary
antiquated
antiquatedness
antiquation
antique
antique shop
antiqued
antiquely
antiqueness
antiquer
antiques
antiquey
antiquitarian
antiquities
antiquity

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIQUATE

accentuate
actuate
adequate
arcuate
attenuate
college graduate
disambiguate
eluate
evacuate
evaluate
fluctuate
graduate
inadequate
perpetuate
postgraduate
re-evaluate
situate
torquate
undergraduate
valuate

Synonyms and antonyms of antiquate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antiquate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIQUATE

Find out the translation of antiquate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antiquate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antiquate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

antiquate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antiquate
570 millions of speakers

English

antiquate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antiquate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antiquate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старину
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antiquate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

antiquate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antiquate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

antiquate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

antiquate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

antiquate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antiquate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antiquate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழமையாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राचीन वस्तुस्थिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eski alan,
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antiquate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antiquate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

старовину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antichitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαν παλαιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antiquate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

som antikviteter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antiquate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIQUATE»

The term «antiquate» is regularly used and occupies the 106.777 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIQUATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antiquate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIQUATE»

Discover the use of antiquate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antiquate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reading the Allegorical Intertext: Chaucer, Spenser, ...
OED, s.v. Antiquate ppl. a. In glossing this word, the OED fails to discriminate between obsolescence or desuetude and simple age or antiquity: see citations dated 1657 and 1706, which follow citation of Tyndale. The OED also dates the ...
Judith Anderson, 2009
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The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity: ...
Marcel Simon rightly suggested that Christians read Jesus into the Old Testament in order to antiquate the Church's existence. This allowed the Church to argue that Christianity was not an upstart religion of the first century but, rather, ...
Sylvester Johnson, 2004
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The definer's manual: being a dictionary on a new plan
Antiquate, (an'-te-kwate) v. t. To make old or obsolete. p. Antiquated ; ppr. Antiquating ; pp. Antiquated. Benign, (be-nlne') a. Kind ; generous ; liberal. Benignant, (be-nig'-nant) a. Kind ; gracious ; good ; benevolent. Benignity, (bi-nig' -ne-te) n.
William Waugh Smith, 1858
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A Dictionary of the English and Portuguese Languages: In Two ...
Antipodal , adj. relativo aos antipodas. Antipodes, s. antipodas. Antipope, s. antipapa. Antiquary, s. antiquario, curioso investigador de cousas antips. To Antiquate, ( to abolish a custom or law), v. a.antiquar, an- nullar. To Antiquate , or abolish ...
Antonio Vieyra, 1860
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See VIVA, para 11, all antic, adj hence n; antique (adj and n), antiquity — antiquary (adj hence n), antiquarian: antiquate, antiquated. l. The n antic, a caper, derives from the adj antic, grot ue: It antico, ancient: L antiquus, ancient, (lit) ormer, from ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
6
Walks through Islington: comprising an historical and ...
Pleased, in this antiquate, this silent tower, A wanderer long, now anchored, and at home, Through distant realms to track the ' traveller's' way. There learned Chambers treasured lore for men, And Newbery there his A. B. C.'s for babes '.
Thomas Cromwell, 1835
7
Information Technology in Geo-engineering: Proceedings of ...
The last type is such kind of leakage image which is taken in an antiquate tunnel segment, with a considerably complex background due to the dated lining (d). (a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 4. (a) Ideal leakage near the longitudinal tunnel joint.
D. G. Toll, Hehua Zhu, Xiaojun Li, 2010
8
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
To ANTIQUATE. v. a. [antique, Lat.] To put out of use ; to make obsolete. — The growth of Christianity in this kingdom might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate some old ones, that seemed less consistent with the ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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Sir John Eliot: a biography. 1590-1632
For this particular " admits a power to antiquate the laws. It gives leave to the state, " besides the parliament, to annihilate or decline any act of parliament ; " and that which is done in one thing, or at one time, may be done in " more, or oftener ...
John Forster, 1864
10
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
To ANTIQUATE. *. a. [antiquo, Lat.] To put out of use ; to make obsolete. — The growth of Christianity in this kingdom might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate some old ones, that seemed less consistent with the ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIQUATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antiquate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is there a specific type of veteran who fits the Clippers best?
But as the already ineffective fringes antiquate even more, the Clippers have to find some way to reinforce the rust accumulating on the bench. «FOXSports.com, Jun 15»
2
Indian August launches new cushion collection
Available in blends of off-white and bright colours, the products are made of rich antiquate silk and are priced from Rs. 750 onward. «Moneycontrol.com, Jun 15»
3
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The VAD Maintenance System is designed to antiquate existing dangerous and often lethal treatment methods. Share on Twitter Share on ... «PR Web, Apr 15»
4
Op-ed: Porn and Condoms and Prop. 8
The stress on condoms use is all but antiquate... Reply · Like. · March 21 at 4:25am. Natalie Jones · Fellow at Community Legal Services in East ... «Advocate.com, Mar 15»
5
A Brain Scan And 2401 Slices Later, A Dead Brain Is Digitized
Ultimately, the team hopes to antiquate its own process — advancing science to the point where it can still look at human brains, only without ... «Medical Daily, Mar 15»
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Searching for Value in All the Wrong Places, Or How to Put Away …
Sitting agelessly, the artifacts antiquate the mortal self, which sees only what is extant, not what might have been. Fearing that he becomes an ... «PopMatters, Mar 15»
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11 Photoshop Tricks You Should Be Using
The ease in which you can antiquate your photos on Instagram is one reason why the photo editing and sharing app is popular. However, you ... «Tech Times, Feb 15»
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Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 53 Of 54: Coca-Cola (KO)
It is virtually unthinkable for a new technology to come along that would antiquate the current beverage business. Odds are, people will ... «Seeking Alpha, Dec 14»
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Editorial: Why Cosplay Matters
To those who antiquate [sic] their time and investment as an equaled effort to the years artist and writers have put into their trade, that's just ... «The Escapist, Dec 14»
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New Amherst Police Chief Kimbrel happy to call Amherst home
“It's just like anything else, in law enforcement, what used to take 10 years before to antiquate you, in law enforcement now, in two to three ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, Nov 14»

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