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belated, ppl. a.|bɪˈleɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Overtaken by lateness of the night; hence, overtaken by darkness, benighted.
1618Rowlands Sacr. Memorie 24 We are belated, and the time farre spent. 1667Milton P.L. i. 783 Faerie Elves Whose midnight Revels..some belated Peasant sees. 1789G. White Selborne (1853) 4 Belated shepherd swains See the cowl'd spectre.
2. Detained beyond the usual time, coming or staying too late; out of date, behind date.
1670Milton Hist. Eng. Wks. 1738 II. 38 Authors..in time not much belated, some of equal age. 1785Burke Nab. Arcot's Debts Wks. 1842 I. 327 Who contested this belated account? 1857Ld. Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (1867) 70 Our belated baggage-train. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. iii. (1877) 52 Information..got but slowly..to the ears of the belated ambassador. |