Age of a tide, the time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place. -- Moon's age, the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon.
Age is used to form the first part of many compounds; as, agelasting, age-adorning, age-worn, age- enfeebled, agelong.
Syn. -- Time; period; generation; date; era; epoch.
Age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aging (&?;).] To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that.
Holland.
I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there.
Landor.
Age, v. t. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
A"ged (&?;), a. 1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.