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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

A'GED, a.
1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost the usual time allotted to that species of being; applied to animals or plants; as, an aged man, or an aged oak.
2. Having a certain age; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
A'GED, n. Old persons.
And the aged arose and stood up. Job 29.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly, older, senior]
2: at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks"
3: having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age" [syn: aged, of age]
4: of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well- aged cheeses" [syn: aged, ripened]
5: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) [syn: aged, cured] n
1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant: young, youth]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. grown old: as a. of an advanced age <an aged man> b. having attained a specified age <a man aged 40 years> 2. typical of old age • agedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 a of the age of (aged ten). b that has been subjected to ageing. c (of a horse) over six years old. 2 having lived long; old.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Age Age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aged; p. pr. & vb. n. Aging.] To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged. They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that. --Holland. I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there. --Landor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aged A"ged, a. 1. 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. 2. Belonging to old age. ``Aged cramps.'' --Shak. 3. ([=a]"j[e^]d or [=a]jd) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is. Alan has two children, aged eleven and nine. ADJ: usu n ADJ num 2. Aged means very old. She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult. ADJ: ADJ n 3. You can refer to all people who are very old as the aged. ...people who work with the aged. N-PLURAL: the N 4. see also middle-aged

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Old, elderly, stricken in years, advanced in life, with one foot in the grave. 2. Having lived, of the age of, old.

Moby Thesaurus

abiding, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-long, age-old, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antique, chronic, constant, continuing, developed, diuturnal, doddering, durable, elderly, enduring, evergreen, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, fully developed, getting on, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grown old, hardy, hoar, hoary, immutable, in full bloom, intransient, inveterate, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, macrobiotic, mature, matured, mellow, mellowed, of long duration, of long standing, old, old as Methuselah, olden, patriarchal, pensioned off, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, remaining, retired, ripe, ripened, seasoned, sempervirent, senectuous, senescent, senile, senior, stable, staying, steadfast, superannuated, tempered, timeworn, tottery, tough, unfading, venerable, vital, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old