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  • 61ancien régime — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fr. the old order. See oldness …

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  • 62ancient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aged, venerable; antique, antiquated; archaic, hoary. See age, oldness.Ant., recent, modern, new. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Very old] Syn. antique, antiquated, aged; see old 1 , 2 , 3 , old… …

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  • 63antiquated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. antique; outdated, behind the times, outmoded; obsolete. See oldness, age. Ant., new, recent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. old fashioned, outmoded, out of date, obsolescent; see old 2 , 3 , old… …

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  • 64antique — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. relic. See oldness. Ant., new, modern. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Old] Syn. ancient, archaic, old; see old 3 . 2. [Old fashioned] Syn. obsolete, obsolescent, out of date; see old fashioned . See… …

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  • 65archaic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. old, ancient; antiquated, obsolete, outdated; historic. See past, oldness.Ant., new, up to date. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. antiquated, old, obsolete; see old 3 , old fashioned . See Synonym Study… …

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  • 66artifact — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. relic, manmade product. See production, oldness …

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  • 67beginning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Starting point Nouns 1. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception; alpha, initial; installation, inauguration, debut; foundation, reaction, initiation; embarkation, rising of the… …

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  • 68date — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. day, time, moment; age, era, epoch; informal, rendezvous, tryst; escort, suitor, steady, blind date. v. place [in time], begin, start; outmode, age; informal, court, escort, take out, show the town or …

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  • 69dated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. out of date, outmoded (see past, oldness). Ant., up to date. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. out of date, obsolete, antiquated, passe, old fashioned, outmoded, old hat, antediluvian, prehistoric.… …

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  • 70decay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, dilapidation, putrefaction, rot, caries. v. i. rot, putrefy, mortify; disintegrate. See oldness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A progressive… …

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