antiquate

American  

[an-ti-kweyt] / ˈæn tɪˌkweɪt /

verb (used with object)

antiquated, antiquating

1. to make obsolete, old-fashioned, or out of date by replacing with something newer or better.

   This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray.

2. to design or create in an antique style; cause to appear antique.

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antiquate British  

/ ˈæntɪˌkweɪt /

verb

1. to make obsolete or old-fashioned

2. to give an old or antique appearance to

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Other Word Forms

• antiquation
  noun

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

Example Sentences

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antiquate antiquated antiquating

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

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

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

A little peaceful study and development of submarines and aircraft will antiquate our present antidotes.

From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John

Soul, mind, spirit, these old and simple words are the strongest, the profoundest, the surest; age cannot antiquate them, nor science undo them; they last with the rocks, and still go beyond.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

Michel’s son, Matt, has sought to modernize the team with a score-keeping app that has proved more reliable than Michel’s antiquated paper method.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Warsh strongly hinted the Fed would do the same, rather than rely primarily on incomplete or outdated government data collected through antiquated methods.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

They were in the radio room now—with its already subtly antiquated equipment, untouched for the ten years previous to their arrival.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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