3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: alate adjective: having winglike extensions; "alate leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree" [syn: {alated}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Alate \A*late"\, adverb [Pref. a- + late.] Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. --Latimer. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Alate \A"late\, Alated \A"la*ted\, adjective [L. alatus, from ala wing.] Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

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