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1. Growing old
   - ageing, senescent

1. Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
   - ripening, ageing
    
2. The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
   - ageing, senescence

1. Begin to seem older; get older
   "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
    
2. Grow old or older
   "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
   - senesce, get on, mature, maturate
    
3. Make older
   "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
    
4. [] Cause to ripen or develop fully
   "Age matures a good wine"
   - ripen, mature
    
5. [] Become due for repayment
   - mature
    
6. [] Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
   - mature, maturate, grow
    
7. [] Cause to ripen and discharge pus
   - suppurate, mature
    
8. [] Develop and work out fully in one's mind
   - mature

Derived forms: agings

See also: old

Type of: alter, biological process, change, develop, draw, explicate, formulate, modify, organic process

Antonym: rejuvenate

Encyclopedia: Age