antiquate
Americanverb
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to make obsolete or old-fashioned
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to give an old or antique appearance to
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of antiquate
1400–50; late Middle English antiquat old < Medieval Latin antīquātus old, ancient, past participle of antiquāre to put in an earlier state, verbal derivative of Latin antīquus; see antique
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The state made its own luck by allowing its ferry fleet to antiquate and amass $270 million in deferred maintenance.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
This splurge�raising the question of whether theater-shown films will some day antiquate much TV entertainment�will represent the biggest output of any Hollywood studio since 1951.
From Time Magazine Archive
It calls for payment of $8,000,000,000 from the U. S. Treasury to build $500,000-a-mile, crow-flight highways which would antiquate for express travel most existing routes.
From Time Magazine Archive
His first move in office was to antiquate newspaper files throughout the world by shaving his mustache and buying a new hat: a stiff, eminently correct black Homburg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whilst these were under discussion, new matter of complaint came over, which seemed to antiquate the first.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
Warsh strongly hinted the Fed would do the same, rather than rely primarily on incomplete or outdated government data collected through antiquated methods.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
So what’s the catalyst for his noteworthy preoccupation with masculinity and all these archetypal characters who embody its antiquated themes?
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Carr has long argued that the ownership limits are antiquated and anti-competitive and should be changed.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Polis, once an early-internet entrepreneur himself, signed Caruso’s letter, and said he would also sign a bill that would require agencies to determine whether their regulations are antiquated or redundant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
But first, Ladybird, you’ve come under fire recently for your promotion of a pageant that some see as antiquated.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Others came from countries that are antiquating most maps of Africa� Ruanda-Urundi, the Voltaic, Ivory Coast and Malagasy republics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of Chatterton's method of antiquating something has already been said.
From The Rowley Poems by Chatterton, Thomas
One would represent me as attempting to undermine our native tongue; another, as modernizing; a third, as antiquating it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various
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