alate

3 definitions found

alate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alate \A"late\, Alated \A"la*ted\, a. [L. alatus, from ala
     wing.]
     Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
     [1913 Webster] Alatern

  Alate \A*late"\, adv. [Pref. a- + late.]
     Lately; of late. [Archaic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           There hath been alate such tales spread abroad.
                                                    --Latimer.
     [1913 Webster] Alate

alate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alate
      adj 1: (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate
             leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree" [syn: alate,
             alated]