Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ancient
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1. adj. & n. --adj. 1 of long ago. 2 having lived or existed long. --n. archaic an old man. Phrases and idioms ancient history 1 the history of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean area and the Near East before the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. 2 something already long familiar. ancient lights a window that a neighbour may not deprive of light by building. ancient monument Brit. an old building etc. preserved usu. under Government control. the ancients the people of ancient times, esp. the Greeks and Romans. Derivatives ancientness n. Etymology: ME f. AF auncien f. OF ancien, ult. f. L ante before 2. n. archaic = ENSIGN. Etymology: corrupt. of form ensyne etc. by assoc. with ancien = ANCIENT(1)
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I. adjective see: ante- Date: 14th century having had an existence of many years, of or relating to a remote period, to a time early in history, or to those living in such a period or time, having the qualities of age or long existence: as, venerable, old-fashioned, antique, see: old ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1502 an aged living being , a person who lived in ~ times:, the civilized people of antiquity, one of the classical authors , an ~ coin, III. noun Etymology: alteration of ensign Date: 1554 ensign, standard, flag, the bearer of an ensign ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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