laten

American  

[leyt-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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

laten

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

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.

From by

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

The first is The Boke of Comfort, called in laten Boetius de Consolatione philosophie.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

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