eɪd͡ʒ eɪd͡ʒ ɛld ˈmætjʊɹeɪt səˈnɛs ji.ə(ɹ)z grow old or older She aged gracefully we age every day — what a depressing thought! Young men senesce begin to seem older; get older The death of his wife caused him to age fast make older The death of his child aged him tremendously how long something has existed it was replaced because of its age a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises she was now of school age tall for his eld a late time of life old age is not for sissies he's showing his years age hasn't slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood a prolonged period of time we've known each other for ages I haven't been there for years and years an era of history having some distinctive feature we live in a litigious age