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▪ I. laten, v.|ˈleɪt(ə)n|
[f. late a.1 + -en.]
a. intr. To become or grow late.
b. trans. To make late. Hence ˈlatening vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1880R. Broughton Sec. Th. iii. v, Meanwhile the rich summer latens. 1887Athenæum 19 Feb. 252/2 The..calculation of fifty minutes' latening [of the moon] every day. 1889Pall Mall G. 14 Nov. 2/1 The first numbers of the new daily will have to go to press as early as 11 p.m., latening the hour by degrees. 1890Temple Bar Aug. 474 At this latening season.
▪ II. laten
obs. f. Latin; var. latten; obs. inf. let. |