ANCIENT
\ˈe͡ɪnʃənt], \ˈeɪnʃənt], \ˈeɪ_n_ʃ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ANCIENT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
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Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
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Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
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Experienced; versed.
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Former; sometime.
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Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
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An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
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A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
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One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
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An ensign or flag.
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The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
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Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
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Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
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Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
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Experienced; versed.
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Former; sometime.
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Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
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An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
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A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
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One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
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An ensign or flag.
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The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
By Noah Webster.
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Of or relating to of past times or remote ages; of great age or antiquity.
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One who lived in times long ago.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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ANCIENTLY.
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Belonging to remote antiquity; of great age; very old.
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One who lived in ancient times.
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A flag or a standard-bearer.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman