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ager | aged |

As a verb ager

is .

As an adjective aged is

.

ager

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who or that which ages something.
  • (label) One who is aging; an elderly person.
  • * 1965 , Richard Hays Williams, Claudine G. Wirths, Lives Through the Years: Styles of Life and Successful Aging , Transaction Publishers (ISBN 9780202367125), page 165
    • When the aging person depends on another, the control of the aged one's life space is placed in the hands of another person who may or may not contribute action energy that is appropriate or acceptable from the standpoint of the ager .
  • * 2006 , Gloria Davenport, Working with Toxic Older Adults: A Guide to Coping with Difficult Elders , Springer Publishing Company (ISBN 9780826117236), page 143
    • Inappropriate behavior then erupts from the agers' involved, disturbing everyone around, including the ' agers themselves, who often do not understand what is happening and struggle excessively to maintain rigid control of old perceptions and self images.
  • * 2014 , Susan H. Mcfadden, Mark Brennan, NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LATE , Routledge (ISBN 9781134731107), page 62
    • This definition of success is located in society's structures and suits society, not the agers . Successful ageing is arguably therefore a socially constructed phenomenon, characterized by lack of “noise,” maintenance of youthful status until death, and a dogged engagement with social structures which appear almost as if designed to discourage the engagement of older people.

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    aged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Old.
  • Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.

    • Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (head)
  • (uncountable) Old people, collectively.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (age)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Having the age of. (primarily non-US)
    • Aged 18, he had no idea what would happen next.
  • * 1865 October 6, “ Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times :
    • John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.
  • * 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “ As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times :
    • Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

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