belonging to or lasting from times very long ago; "age-old customs"; "Western civilization is ancient"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
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long
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; ; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an ho
