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antique The term has been used collectively to designate classical Greek and Roman works of art, particularly sculptures; as an adjective to indicate an object, a period, or a style of ancient or early times; and as a noun, for objects of art, furniture, rugs, pottery, metalwork, costumes, jewelry, and household goods of early production and for old artifacts generally. The demand and prices paid for antiques have led to the widespread making of reproductions and reconstructions, some with spurious marks of age. See antique collecting . For a description of the characteristics of various styles, see Directoire , Empire , Louis period , and régence styles.

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Antique. Pertaining to Graeco-Roman Antiquity, or the Classical civilizations of the Graeco-Roman world.

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antique XVI. — F. antique or L. antīquus, antīcus, f. ANTE- + suff. -īcus; orig. identical in form and pronunc. with ANTIC, but finally differentiated after 1700.
So antiquity XIV. — OF. — L. antiquated XVII, orig. pp. of antiquate (XVI).

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