" ages "

[Noun]  | "age" | \ ˈāj \

1: the time of life at which some particular qualification, power, or capacity arises or rests; specifically : majority

2: one of the stages of life

3: the length of an existence extending from the beginning to any given time

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French aage, age (earlier Old French edage, eage), from eé, aé "age, lifetime" (going back to Latin aetāt-, aetās, contraction of earlier aevitās, from aevum "time, lifetime" + -itāt-, -itās {see: |-ity|-ity}) + -age {see: |-age|-age} {mat|aye:3|};

[Noun]  | "the Middle Ages" 

1: the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to about 1500

[Noun]  | "Bronze Age" 

1: the period of ancient human culture characterized by the use of bronze that began between 4000 and 3000 b.c. and ended with the advent of the Iron Age

Origin: 1852 ;

[Noun]  | "com*ing-of-age" | \ ˈkə-miŋ-əv-ˈāj \

1: the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity

Origin: 1729 ;

[Verb]  | "age" 

1: to become old : show the effects or the characteristics of increasing age

2: to acquire a desirable quality (such as mellowness or ripeness) by standing undisturbed for some time

3: to cause to become old

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English agen, derivative of age {see: |age:1|age:1};

[Noun suffix]  | "-age" 

1: aggregate : collection

2: action : process

3: cumulative result of

Origin: 

 Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin -āticum (as in viāticum "provision for a journey"), neuter of -āticus, adjective suffix of appurtenance, perhaps originally from -āt- (from past participles of first conjugation verbs, as in vēnāticus "used for hunting," from vēnātus, past participle of vēnārī "to hunt") + -icus {see: |-ic:1|-ic:1};

[Plural noun]  | "Middle Ages" 

1: the period of European history from about a.d. 500 to about 1500

Origin: 1616 ;

[Plural noun]  | "the Dark Ages" 

1: the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to 1000 : the first 500 years of the Middle Ages

2: the period of time before things developed into their modern form

[Noun phrase]  | "age of consent" 

1: the age at which one is legally competent to give consent especially to marriage or to sexual intercourse

Origin: 1504 ;

[Noun phrase]  | "age of reason" 

1: the time of life when one begins to be able to distinguish right from wrong

2: a period characterized by a prevailing belief in the use of reason; especially Age of Reason : the 18th century in England and France

Origin: 1650 ;

[Noun]  | "ages" 

[Noun]  | "age" 

[Noun]  | "dark ages" 

[Noun]  | "silver ages" 

[Noun]  | "coon's ages" 

[Noun]  | "golden ages" 

[Noun]  | "coon's age" 

[Noun]  | "golden age" 

[Verb]  | "ages" 

[Verb]  | "age"