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• aged — aged; ap·pend·aged; dis·cour·aged·ly; fo·li·aged; man·aged; teen·aged; vis·aged; lever·aged; mid·dle·aged·ness; …   English syllables

• Aged — A ged ([=a] j[e^]d), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to old age. Aged cramps. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. ([=a] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• aged — aged, old, elderly, superannuated when applied to persons mean far advanced in years. Aged implies extreme old age with signs of feebleness or, sometimes, senility {the aged creature came, shuffling along with ivory headed wand Keats} Old… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• aged — is pronounced as one syllable in (e.g.) The house has aged well, and as two syllables in (e.g.) an aged man …   Modern English usage

• aged — [ā′jid; ] for 3 & 4 [ ājd] adj. 1. old; grown old 2. characteristic of old age 3. brought to a desired state of aging 4. of the age of [a boy, aged ten years] the aged [ā′jid] old people …   English World dictionary

• aged — (adj.) having lived long, mid 15c., pp. adjective from AGE (Cf. age) (v.). Meaning having been allowed to get old (of cheese, etc.) is by 1873. Meaning of the age of is from 1630s. Aged Parent is from Great Expectations (1860 61) …   Etymology dictionary

• Aged — (engl., spr. edsch d), s. Alt …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• aged — index elderly Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• aged — [adj] old age old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, been around*, creaky*, elderly, getting on*, gray, moth eaten*, oldie*, over the hill*, passé*, rusty*, senescent, senior citizen, shot*, timeworn, venerable, worn, worse for wear*;… …   New thesaurus

• aged — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a specified age. 2) old. 3) having been subjected to ageing …   English terms dictionary