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Age Definition–noun | 1. | the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years. | | 2. | a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity: the age of discretion; the age of consent; The state raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 years. <
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| 9. | a great length of time: I haven't seen you for an age. He's been gone for ages. | | 10. | the average life expectancy of an individual or of the individuals of a class or species: The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years. | | 11. | Psychology. the level of mental, emotional, or educational development of a person, esp. a child, as determined by various tests and based on a comparison of the individual's score with the average score for persons of the same chronological age. | | 12. | Geology. | a. | a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature: the Ice Age. | | b. | a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed. | | | 13. | any of the successive periods in human history divided, according to Hesiod, into the golden, silver, bronze, heroic, and iron ages. | | 14. | Cards. | a. | Poker. the first player at the dealer's left. Compare edge (def. 10a). | | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to grow old: He is aging rapidly. | | 16. | to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood: a heavy port that ages slowly. | –verb (used with object) | 17. | to make old; cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight. | | 18. | to bring to matu
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Empire Definition–noun | 1. | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire. | | 2. | a government under an emperor or empress. | | 3. | (often initial capital letter ) the historical period during which a nation is under such a government: a history of the second French empire. | | 4. | supreme power in governing; imperial power; sovereignty: Austria's failure of empire in central Europe. | | 5. | supreme control; absolute sway: passion's empire over the mind. | | 6. | a powerful and important enterprise or holding of large scope that is controlled by a single person, family, or group of associates: The family's shipping empire was founded 50 years ago. | | 7. | (initial capital letter) a variety of apple somewhat resembling the McIntosh. | –adjective | 8. | (initial capital letter) characteristic of or developed during the first French Empire, 1804–15. | | 9. | (usually initial capital letter) (of women's attire and coiffures) of the style that prevailed during the first French Empire, in clothing being characterized esp. by décolletage and a high waistline, coming just below the bust, from which the skirt hangs straight and loose. | | 10. | (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to the s
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