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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ey-jing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈeɪ dʒɪŋ



Definition of ageing

Origin :
  • "to grow old," late 14c., from age (n.). Meaning "to make old" is early 15c. Related: Aged; aging.
  • verb become older
Example sentences :
  • My niece (as I once called her) mortified me unintentionally; she said I was ageing.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • You can easily overtake me on the road, for you are young, and I am ageing and go softly.
  • Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame
  • She too had altered: the scandal was ageing her, and Ansell came to the house daily.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • Perhaps Hals was degenerating with the passing age—certainly he was ageing.
  • Extract from : « Franz Hals » by Edgcumbe Staley
  • The crude logwood is generally subjected to a process of fermentation or "ageing."
  • Extract from : « Leather » by K. J. Adcock
  • She seemed to be ageing faster than was consistent with her years.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Guy Boothby
  • This was certainly a period of ageing activity in Burns's life.
  • Extract from : « Robert Burns » by Gabriel Setoun
  • But I know that you're wasting your time with an ageing woman like me.
  • Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck
  • He admitted the naiveté of the ageing man, his vanity, his sentimentality.
  • Extract from : « The Roll-Call » by Arnold Bennett
  • The Foreign Office especially is ageing its men fast these few years.
  • Extract from : « The Vanished Messenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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