noun
- Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
- The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age.
- synonyms: ageing, senescence
verb
- Begin to seem older; get older.
- usage: "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
- synonyms: age
- Grow old or older.
- usage: "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-what a depressing thought"; "Young men senesce"
- Make older.
- usage: "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
- synonyms: age
adjective
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