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& s. [AGE, 8.] A. As adjective : I. Of beings: 1. Having nearly fulfilled the term of existence allotted to one's species. (Used of animated beings or any individual part of them.) "And aged chargers in the stalls." Scott: Marmion, vi. 9. "With feeble pace, And settled sorrow on his aged face." Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. xxi., 617, 618, 2. Having lived, having reached the number of years specified; spoken of the time which has elapsed since birth. Often in obituary notices, as "aged thirty-three," " aged fourteen years," " aged eighty-six," . II. Of things: Old, or very old. aged custom, But by your voices, will not so permit me.'" Shakesp. Coriolanus , ii. 8. B. As substantive : Old people. and taketh away the understanding of the aged." Job xii. 20. + The Aged of the Mountain: A title for the Prince of A a ins, more commonly called the Old Man of the Mountain. [ASSASSIN.] ā'-ġěd-lý, adv. [AGED.] After the manner of an aged person. (Huloet: Dict.)