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of age

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1. of age - Phrase

2. of age - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

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Talking is the disease of age. Ben Jonson

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. Edmund Burke

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. Jonathan Swift

When an abomination has become of age it becomes a tradition. African Proverb

A sure sign of age is loneliness. American Proverb

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. (Ambrose Bierce) English Proverb

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