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Definition of Antiques
Antique Antique An*tique", n. [F. See Antique, a. ]
In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a
relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique,
the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and
vases.
Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. --Byron.
Antique Antique An*tique", a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient,
equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.]
1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue.
In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of
Greece and Rome.
For the antique world excess and pride did hate.
--Spenser.
