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English
Etymology
From late + -ed.
Adjective
lated (comparative more lated, superlative most lated)
- (obsolete) Belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Now spurs the lated traveller apace / To gain the timely inn […]
c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I am so lated in the world, that I / Have lost my way for ever:
1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Pastoral. Or, Melibœus.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 33:Come when my lated Sheep, at night return; / And crown the silent Hours, and stop the rosy Morn.
1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, ; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, , →OCLC, stanza 72:Long ere the first loud trumpet’s note is heard, / Ne vacant space for lated wight is found: […]
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