Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to old age; aged.

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Examples

  • We have removed all old-aged aircraft and, in the last four years, we have not had a single accident.

    Nigerian Airlines Official Welcomes Top US Safety Rating 2010

  • Past romances, future possibilities, and the dogged desire to know where we come from all play into the experiences of Dominic, whose old-aged attempt at suicide is thwarted when he is struck by lightning, only to fully heal and become half his age in appearance.

    Youth Without Youth (2007): A- 2008

  • There's only an up or down: [up] man's old -- old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism.

    A Time for Choosing 2008

  • Past romances, future possibilities, and the dogged desire to know where we come from all play into the experiences of Dominic, whose old-aged attempt at suicide is thwarted when he is struck by lightning, only to fully heal and become half his age in appearance.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • Hence the wisdom of this old-aged saying, "blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall inherit the earth."

    War in Iraq not War on Terror, But Hurting It! 2006

  • Workers have now been deprived of the right to send their children to school, access to heath care,the right to pension, the rights for old-aged people,the right to participate in cultural, recreational and sports activities.

    Achievements of Mao Tse Tung Abhay N 2006

  • Workers have now been deprived of the right to send their children to school, access to heath care,the right to pension, the rights for old-aged people,the right to participate in cultural, recreational and sports activities.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Abhay N 2006

  • That means to find climatically-sensitive, old-aged trees and sample them in order to extend the quantitative record of climatic variations.

    Jacoby #1: A "Few Good" Series « Climate Audit 2005

  • The transition from the Little Ice Age to the present regime was characterized by mass mortality in old-aged spruces that were not able to take advantage of the new favourable climates and by the replacement of these spruces by seedlings that later formed normal trees….

    Esper et al. [2002]: Quebec « Climate Audit 2005

  • She gazed at Miss La Trobe with a cloudless old-aged stare.

    Between the Acts 2004

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