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alate

[ ey-leyt ]

adjective

  1. having wings; winged.
  2. having membranous expansions like wings.


noun

  1. the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.

alate

/ ˈeɪleɪt /

adjective

  1. having wings or winglike extensions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • sub·alate adjective
  • sub·alat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of alate1

1660–70; < Latin ālātus, equivalent to āl ( a ) ala + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of alate1

C17: from Latin ālātus, from āla wing
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Example Sentences

On Saturday the WHO said the patient in Japan had travelled to Wuhan in alate December but did not visit the Hunan seafood market or any other live animal markets.

Winged, furnished with wings: swift: wounded in the wing: lofty, sublime: alate, abounding in wings.—adv.

This latter name I consider the correct one, for these organs unquestionably preside over alate equilibrium: they are true balancers.

Cells more or less pyriform, alate, narrow below, bulging or ventricose upwards.

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