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laten

laten verb: to grow late; become later.

Verb

laten (third-person singular simple present latens, present participle latening, simple past and past participle latened)

  1. (intransitive) To grow late; become later.
    • The afternoon was latening, but there was, I think, a quietly commemorative glow from the west.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 142 (Faber Paper 1972 edition)
    • Not even when the hour latened, when the courts became filled with boys returning from their holidays, when the moment for saying "Good-bye" was only a few minutes distant, not even then did his high spirits leave him.1930, Alec Waugh, Three Score and Ten, page 3

Forms of laten

third-person singular presentlatens
present participlelatening
past participlelatened
pastlatened

Origin of laten

From late + -en.

Questions about laten

What does laten mean?
Laten means to grow late; become later.
What part of speech is laten?
Laten is a verb.
What is the past tense of laten?
The past tense of laten is latened.

Words near laten in the dictionary

  1. lateish
  2. Lateisha
  3. Latella
  4. Latellas
  5. lately
  6. laten
  7. latence
  8. latences
  9. latencies
  10. latency
  11. latency time

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