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De - Pt| English Dictionary: latter | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for latter | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Late \Late\, a. [Compar. {Later}, or {latter}; superl. {Latest}.] [OE. lat slow, slack, AS. l[91]t; akin to OS. lat, D. laat late, G. lass weary, lazy, slack, Icel. latr, Sw. lat, Dan. lad, Goth. lats, and to E. let, v. See {Let} to permit, and cf. {Alas}, {Lassitude}.] 1. Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring. 2. Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life. 3. 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. 4. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence. 5. Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Latter \Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[91]tter, compar. of lat late. See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.] 1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter rain. 2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. --I. Watts. 3. Recent; modern. Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke. 4. Last; latest; final. [R.] [bd]My latter gasp.[b8] --Shak. {Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest. {Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year. --Shak. | |
