WEBSTERS: ANTIQUE
adjective
1.of or belonging to the past; not modern.
2.dating from a period long ago:
antique furniture.
3.noting or pertaining to automobiles approximately 25 years old ormore.
4.in the tradition, fashion, or style of an earlier period; old-fashioned;
antiquated.
5.of or belonging to the
ancient Greeks and Romans.
6.(of paper) neither calendered nor coated and having a rough surface.
7.
ancient.
noun
8.any work of art,
piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like,created or produced in a former period, or, according to U.S. customslaws, 100 years before date of purchase.
9.the antique style, usually Greek or Roman, especially in art.
10.
Printing. a style of type.
verb (used with object),
antiqued, antiquing.
11.to make or finish (something, especially furniture) in imitation ofantiques.
12.to emboss (an image, design, letters, or the like) on paper or fabric.
verb (used without object),
antiqued, antiquing.
13.to shop for or collect antiques:
She spent her vacation antiquing in Boston.