Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aged"

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. ``Aged cramps.'' --Shak.

3. ([=a]"j[e^]d or [=a]jd) Having a certain age; at the age
of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {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" [syn: {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" [syn: {ripened}]
5: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is
pronounced as one syllable) [syn: {cured}]
n : people who are old; "special arrangements were available for
the aged" [ant: {young}]


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