ANTIQUATED
antediluvian, antiquated, archaic
(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; “a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”; “antediluvian ideas”; “archaic laws”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
antiquated (comparative more antiquated, superlative most antiquated)
old-fashioned, out of date
Usage notes
Said of abstract concepts (such as doctrines, notions, ideas, principles, opinions, philosophies, methods, and words), but also of physical objects such as doors and maps.
Synonyms
• backward, disused, outdated; see also obsolete
Anagrams
• aquatinted
Source: Wiktionary
An"ti*qua`ted, a.
Definition: Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.
– Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See Ancient.
ANTIQUATE
An"ti*quate, v. t. Etym: [L. antiquatus, p. p. of antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient.]
Definition: 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. Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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