laten

American  

[layt-n] / ˈleɪt n /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become late.

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Etymology

Origin of laten

First recorded in 1875–80; late + -en ¹

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Example Sentences

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laten

Also she said that when she wolde wyl him to do any thinge for her, she wolde say her Pater noster in laten.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray

Ne solde noman don a furst ne laten wel to done For maniman bihoteð wel þat hi forȝieteð sone.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

In laten tonge at Coleyn hyself to auauce That every well disposed man may therein loke.”

From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

Sir Iohn, and Maister mine, I combat craue Of this same laten bilbo.

From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover

Zoodra de raad der Molukken dit door drie uit Manila ontvluchte Nederlanders had vernomen, besloot men spoedig hierop, den 23en April, om weder eenige schepen voor Manila te laten kruisen.

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