| Age |
n. |
The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. |
| Age |
n. |
That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth? |
| Age |
n. |
The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old. |
| Age |
n. |
One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. |
| Age |
n. |
Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age. |
| Age |
n. |
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion. |
| Age |
n. |
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles. |
| Age |
n. |
A great period in the history of the Earth. |
| Age |
n. |
A century; the period of one hundred years. |
| Age |
n. |
The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation. |
| Age |
n. |
A long time. |
| Age |
v. i. |
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged. |
| Age |
v. t. |
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us. |
| Age |
n. |
In poker, the right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand. |
| Aged |
imp. & p. p. |
of Age |
| Aged |
a. |
Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak. |
| Aged |
a. |
Belonging to old age. |
| Aged |
a. |
Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years. |
| Agedly |
adv. |
In the manner of an aged person. |
| Agedness |
n. |
The quality of being aged; oldness. |
| Ageless |
a. |
Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth. |
| Agen |
adv. & prep. |
See Again. |
| Agencies |
pl. |
of Agency |
| Agency |
n. |
The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. |
| Agency |
n. |
The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. |
| Agency |
n. |
The place of business of am agent. |
| Agend |
n. |
See Agendum. |
| Agenda |
pl. |
of Agendum |
| Agendum |
n. |
Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book. |
| Agendum |
n. |
A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.] |
| Agenesic |
a. |
Characterized by sterility; infecund. |
| Agenesis |
n. |
Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. |
| Agennesis |
n. |
Impotence; sterility. |
| Agent |
a. |
Acting;
opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. |
| Agent |
n. |
One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. |
| Agent |
n. |
One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor. |
| Agent |
n. |
An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent. |
| Agential |
a. |
Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. |
| Agentship |
n. |
Agency. |
| Ageratum |
n. |
A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters. |
