Antiquify

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give the appearance of being an antique.

    "Within these few years Sir Charles has antiquified the Hall, if such a word may be admitted, so that its pointed gable ends, and Elizabethan appearance, render it somewhat an object of curiosity."

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"Within these few years Sir Charles has antiquified the Hall, if such a word may be admitted, so that its pointed gable ends, and Elizabethan appearance, render it somewhat an object of curiosity."

Etymology

From antique + -ify.

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