Definition of "antiqued" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of antique. (verb)

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• "Chippendale and Sheraton design which, though fresh from the workman's hands, looked older than the originals from which they had been plagiarized; also I recall a Jacobean refectory table, the legs of which appeared to have been eaten half away by time, but which had, in reality, been "antiqued" with a stiff wire brush."
• "This echoes the long-established yen for "antiqued" furniture or "distressed" jeans: imperfection implies character, imposed by artificial means."
• "Hand painted faces, grungy limbs, and the classic "antiqued" appearance fills the crafts fairs and the handmade categories on Ebay and Etsy."