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| age | (N.) | In poker, the right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand. |   '  |
| age | (N.) | The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. | ' |
| age | (N.) | That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth? | ' |
| age | (N.) | The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old. | ' |
| age | (N.) | One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. | ' |
| age | (N.) | Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age. | ' |
| age | (N.) | The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion. | ' |
| age | (N.) | A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles. | ' |
| age | (N.) | A great period in the history of the Earth. | ' |
| age | (N.) | A century; the period of one hundred years. | ' |
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| age | (N.) | The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation. | ' |
| age | (N.) | A long time. | ' |
| age | (V. I.) | To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged. | ' |
| age | (V. T.) | To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us. | ' |
