antiquate
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Definitions
v.
To make something old-fashioned or out of date; to render obsolete.
使过时；使废弃。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Latin antiquus 'ancient' (from ante 'before') + -ate (to make). To antiquate is to push something back into the 'before' — to make it belong to an earlier, outdated time. You meet it most often as the adjective antiquated ('an antiquated system').
Root ant still carries 14 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
New technology quickly antiquates the equipment we bought last year.
- 2.
Their methods had been antiquated by decades of progress.