algate
/ˈɔːlɡeɪt/
algate adverb: always.
Adverb
algate (not comparable)
- Always.
- Altogether; entirely.
- His onely hart ſore, and his onely foe, / Sith Vna now he algates must forgoe, [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 187
- In any way; at all.
- Or fayrer then her ſelfe, if ought algate / Might fayrer be.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 514
- By any means; at all events.
- And therefore would I ſhould be algates ſlaine, / For while I liue, his right is in ſuſpence.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
- Notwithstanding; nevertheless.
- And with the fall his leg oppreſt ſo ſore, / That for a ſpace there muſt he algates dwell.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Third Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
Forms of algate
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Origin of algate
From all + gate (compare Old Norse alla götu).
Questions about algate
- What does algate mean?
- Algate means always.
- What part of speech is algate?
- Algate is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce algate?
- Algate is pronounced /ˈɔːlɡeɪt/.
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