lated

Belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.

Adjective

  1. 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),...
    • 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...
    • 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...

Origin

From late + -ed.

Forms

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