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age

(āj)

a. The length of time that a person or thing has existed: a man 23 years of age; wanted to know the age of the house.

b. The time of life when a person becomes qualified to assume certain civil and personal rights and responsibilities, usually at 18 or 21 years; legal age: under age; of age.

c. One of the stages of life: the age of adolescence; at an awkward age.

d. The state of being old; old age: hair white with age.

2. often Age

a. A period of time marked by a distinctive characteristic, achievement, or figure: the Stone Age; the computer age; the Elizabethan Age.

b. A period in the history of the earth, usually shorter than an epoch: the Ice Age.

a. The period of history during which a person lives: a product of his age.

b. A generation: ages yet unborn.

4. ages Informal An extended period of time: left ages ago.

v. aged, ag·ing, ag·es

v.tr.

1. To cause to become old or to show the signs of becoming old: The stress of the office visibly aged the president.

2. To cause to mature or ripen under controlled conditions: aging wine.

3. To change (the characteristics of a device) through use, especially to stabilize (an electronic device).

v.intr.

1. To become old or show signs of becoming old: Who doesn't want to age gracefully?

2. To develop a certain quality of ripeness; become mature: cheese aging at room temperature.

Phrasal Verb:

age out Informal

To reach an age, 18 or 21 years, for example, at which one is no longer eligible for certain special services, such as education or protection, from the state.

Idiom:

come of age

To reach maturity.

[Middle English, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetās, aetāt-, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

ag′er n.

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ager

(ˈeɪdʒə)

anything that produces the effects of age on another thing

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That is if you're through telling me about my affairs," for Ned, who had formerly worked in the Shopton bank, had recently been made general financial man- ager of the interests of Tom and his father.

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Kurtz was a 'universal genius,' but even a genius would find it easier to work with 'adequate tools--intelligent men.' He did not make bricks--why, there was a physical impossibility in the way--as I was well aware; and if he did secretarial work for the man- ager, it was because 'no sensible man rejects wantonly the confidence of his superiors.' Did I see it?

A dark figure obscured the lighted doorway of the man- ager's hut, vanished, then, a second or so after, the doorway itself vanished too.

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'Measles, rheumatics, hooping-cough, fevers, agers, and lumbagers,' said Mr Squeers, 'is all philosophy together; that's what it is.

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But Ager said Outa has one vote and cannot determine who Kisumu voters will elect.

Nyong'o blacklisted me, I can't reach him on phone - Outa

We do not wish to be drawn into issues that are not pertinent to this budget making process," Majority Leader Ken Onyango said Thursday.Mr Ager said the county executive is committed to ending the impasse, saying by the end of the week, they will have done part of what the assembly is demanding.

Nyong'o reviews demands by MCAs to end budget impasse

The governor's press unit director Aloice Ager said better service delivery will be realised through adequate revenue generation.

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Sandvik AB (STO:SAND), a high-technology and global engineering group, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Henrik Ager as president of the business area Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology and member of the Sandvik group executive management, effective 1 April 2019.

Sandvik appoints Henrik Ager as president for Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology

A court heard Ager paid off his mortgage with the proceeds and bought a series of luxury cars, including a Jaguar, Range Rover and an Audi A6.

High life bankrolled by a PS1.2m con on one of Britain's biggest firms

In November 2014 the payment was received into the other firm's account and an email was sent by Ager to the company purporting to show a third party was owed PS354,618.

Greedy builders swindled PS1.2m in a fraud scam

Ager, of Rock Avenue, Nailsea, Somerset, was said to have been dismissed from his job with BBC Finance and to have paid back PS30,000 of the money from his pension fund.

Be open on PS80k theft, BBC urged

Ager, of Rock Avenue, Nailsea, Somerset, was said to have been dismissed from his job and to have paid back PS30,000 of the money from his pension fund.