See also: alatê

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Etymology 1 edit

Latin ālātus, from āla (wing).

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alate (comparative more alate, superlative most alate)

  1. (entomology, botany) Having winglike extensions or parts; winged.
    • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 113:
      Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.
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alate (plural alates)

  1. A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.

Etymology 2 edit

From a- +‎ late.

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alate (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) recently; lately; of late.
    • 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, [], London: [] John Day, [], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 5, recto:
      There hathe bene alate ſuche tales ſpreade abroade, and moſt vntruly, ſuch falſe taletellers ſhal haue a greuous puniſhement of the Lord whan he ſhall come to rewarde euerye one according vnto his deſertes.

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alate

  1. inflection of alare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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alate f pl

  1. feminine plural of alato

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ālāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ālātus