lated

[ ley-tid ]

adjective

, Literary.

1. belated.

lated

/ ˈleɪtɪd /

adjective

1. an archaic word for belated

Word History and Origins

Origin of lated¹

First recorded in 1585–95; late + -ed ²

Example Sentences

These Iraqi groups do not respect Iran Quds Force leader Gen. Esmail Qaani as highly as they did the lated Gen. Qasem Soleimani, and the U.S. assassination of Soleimani in 2020 further reduced Iran’s ability to restrain the militias in Iraq.

From Salon

“Why,” said Joe, “yes, there certainly were a peck of orange-peel. Partickler when he see the ghost. Though I put it to yourself, sir, whether it were calc’lated to keep a man up to his work with a good hart, to be continiwally cutting in betwixt him and the Ghost with “Amen!”

From Literature

“You know, Pip,” replied Joe, “as you and me were ever friends, and it were looked for’ard to betwixt us, as being calc’lated to lead to larks. Not but what, Pip, if you had ever made objections to the business,—such as its being open to black and sut, or such-like,—not but what they would have been attended to, don’t you see?”

From Literature

His “No More Tours 2” tour is lated to resume on March 9 in Australia and shows will follow in New Zealand and Japan before a two-month North American leg.

From Los Angeles Times

But, chafing under federal military rule and the stipulation that they could not re-enter the Union unless they approved the amendment, they eventually capitu­lated.

From Slate