lated
lated adjective: belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.
Adjective
lated (comparative more lated, superlative most lated)
- Belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.
- Now spurs the lated traveller apace / To gain the timely inn […]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- I am so lated in the world, that I / Have lost my way for ever:c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Examples of lated in a sentence
- Come when my lated Sheep, at night return; / And crown the silent Hours, and stop the rosy Morn.1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Pastoral. Or, Melibœus.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and...
- Long ere the first loud trumpet’s note is heard, / Ne vacant space for lated wight is found: […]1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh...
Forms of lated
| comparative | more lated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lated |
Origin of lated
From late + -ed.
Questions about lated
- What does lated mean?
- Lated means belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.
- How do you use lated in a sentence?
- Come when my lated Sheep, at night return; / And crown the silent Hours, and stop the rosy Morn.
- What part of speech is lated?
- Lated is an adjective.
Words near lated in the dictionary
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