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latened

latened is the simple past and past participle of laten.

Meaning of laten

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)

Questions about latened

What is latened the simple past and past participle of?
Latened is the simple past and past participle of laten.

Words near latened in the dictionary

  1. latences
  2. latencies
  3. latency
  4. latency time
  5. latency times
  6. latened
  7. lateness
  8. latenesses
  9. latenight
  10. latening
  11. latens

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