Antiquate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antiquate \An"ti*quate\, v. t. [L. antiquatus, p. p. of
     antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient.]
     To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in
     such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or
     abrogate.
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           Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and
           antiquate or abrogate old one.           --Sir M. Hale.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antiquate
       v 1: make obsolete or old-fashioned
       2: give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture" [syn: {antique}]