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Late
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; - opposed to early.
(2):
(v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
(3):
(v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
(4):
(v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
(5):
(v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
(6):
(v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
(7):
(a.) Not long ago; lately.
(8):
(a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Late'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/late.html. 1828.
