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Definition of Antique |
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Antique
Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence." Odd; fantastic. In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. Related Definitions: Age, An, Ancient, And, Antiquated, Antique, Antiquity, Anything, Art, As, But, Castle, Collectively, Fantastic, Fashion, Flourishing, General, Genuine, Greece, Imitation, In, Indolence, It, Limited, Made, Modern, More, Object, Odd, Of, Old, Or, Period, Present, Relic, Robe, Sense, Statue, Style, The, This, Time, To, Very |
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Antique Quotations
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural. Ralph Waldo Emerson A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Benjamin Disraeli You have to fight against being an antique. Burt Lancaster We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born. Carl Sandburg Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores. I collect furniture, rugs, paintings, frames. It's my hobby to go around to shops and markets. Ursula Andress |
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Antique Translations
antique in Dutch is ouderwets, aloud, antiek antique in French is antique antique in Italian is antico, tempi passati antique in Latin is priscus antique in Norwegian is antikk antique in Portuguese is antigo antique in Spanish is antiguo antique in Swedish is antikvitet, antik |
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