[f. AGE v. + -ING2.] a. Becoming aged, showing signs of advancing age. b. Giving the appearance of old age.

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1862.  [A. K. H. Boyd], Commonplace Philosopher, 153. You cannot at once be … esteemed by all, though gouty, ageing, and careworn.

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1863.  Sat. Rev., 204. Working envenomed slippers for her penurious and aging spouse.

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1870.  Morris, Earth. Parad., I. i. 20. Many an ageing line … Ploughed his thin cheeks.

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