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Definition of Antiquation
1. n. The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.
Definition of Antiquation
1. Noun. The process of becoming antique or obsolete. ¹
2. Noun. Something that is antique or obsolete. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiquation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiquation
Literary usage of Antiquation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Utility Rates: A Discussion of the Principles and Practice Underlying by Harry Barker (1917)
"Theoretically, compensation for obsoletion and antiquation, when there is any
... Where, on the other hand, obsoletion and antiquation control the length of ..."
2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"The other, in which Lamb is actually named, contrasts his " surfeit of admiration,"
the antiquation of his favourites after some ten years, ..."
3. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1908)
"And yet that it is the antiquation of primitive manners, not the new introduction
of something foreign, which chiefly ennobles these little affairs of ..."
4. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1829)
""antiquation of demand" is the more appropriate term which Bentham employs.
The question simply is, When, or after what period of time, shall a demand, ..."
5. The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Including His Contributions to the by Sydney Smith (1859)
"These modes of reformation, — this silent antiquation of doctrines.— this real
improvement, which the parties themselves are too wise not to feel, ..."
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