WordDictionary

Noun:

• A century; the period of one hundred years.
• A great period in the history of the Earth.
• A long time.
• A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
• Formal use of the word age, indicating the name of a specific era.
• Hence, a generation.
• Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
• One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
• That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time.
• The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old.
• The people who live at a particular period.
• The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
• The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

Verb:

• intransitive To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
• accounting To categorize by age.
• figurative To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
• transitive To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.