/ˈeɪˌleɪt/
OriginFrom Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”).
- Having wings or winglike extensions or parts; winged.
“Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.”
- A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.
- archaic, not-comparablerecently; lately; of late.
“There hathe bene alate ſuche tales ſpreade abroade, and moſt vntruly, ſuch falſe taletellers ſhal haue a greuous puniſhement of the Lord whan he ſhall come to rewarde euerye one according vnto his deſ”
Formsmore alate(comparative) · most alate(superlative) · alates(plural)