Crossword-Solution: ANCIENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ancient | a. | Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days. |
| Ancient | a. | Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle. |
| Ancient | a. | Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent. |
| Ancient | a. | Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. |
| Ancient | a. | Experienced; versed. |
| Ancient | a. | Former; sometime. |
| Ancient | n. | Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns. |
| Ancient | n. | An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence. |
| Ancient | n. | A senior; an elder; a predecessor. |
| Ancient | n. | One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. |
| Ancient | n. | An ensign or flag. |
| Ancient | n. | The bearer of a flag; an ensign. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ANCIENT | anagram | ACTNINE, NICETAN |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ONRACE
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ANCIENT (5)
Only once his pace he slackened, Only once he paused or halted, Paused to purchase heads of arrows Of the ancient Arrow-maker, In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley.
Beyond this flood a frozen Continent Lies dark and wilde, beat with perpetual storms Of Whirlwind and dire Hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that _Serbonian_ Bog Betwixt _Damiata_ and mount _Casius_ old, Where Armies whole have sunk: the parching Air Burns frore, and cold performs th’ effect of Fire.
Jupiter, Neptune, Minerva, and Momus ACCORDING to an ancient legend, the first man was made by Jupiter, the first bull by Neptune, and the first house by Minerva.
The hill was covered on its northern side by an ancient and decaying plantation of beeches, whose upper verge formed a line over the crest, fringing its arched curve against the sky, like a mane.
Still later, towards the end of the fourth century, forty-two of these, mainly of the Libyan section, were translated into Latin verse by one Avian, with whom the ancient history of the Fable ends.
Quotes with ANCIENT (3)
I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.
No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a mo…
I mean, d'you know what eternity is? There's this big mountain, see, a mile high, at the end of the universe, and once every thousand years there's this little bird-""What little bird?" said Aziraphale suspiciously." This little bird I'm talking about. And every thousand years-""The same bird every thousand years?" Crowley hesitated. "Yeah," he said." Bloody ancient bird, then.""Okay. And every thousand years this bird flies-""-limps-""-flies all the way to this mountain and …
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 59 times in crossword archives (1948–2024).