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aged

/eɪdʒd/
verb
  1. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

    "Grief ages us."

  2. To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.

    "Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so."

  3. To categorize by age.

    "One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable."

Synonymsmature, elden
noun
  1. Old people, collectively.

adjective
  1. Old.

  2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

    "Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life."

  3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

Synonymsold, year, eldern, hoary, matured

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