Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To retard; make late; benight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To retard or make too late.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
retard ; cause something to belate ;delay ;benight .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Double the predicted time and the project will still belate.
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“Come,” called the old man, “come now or you will belate.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine 2010
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Double the predicted time and the project will still belate.
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Double the predicted time and the project will still belate.
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Double the predicted time and the project will still belate.
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“Come,” called the old man, “come now or you will belate.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine 2010
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His check from the American Enterprise Institute must belate this month.
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The seed being different from usual and the planting late, besides the delays from first drouth and then excessive rain, all conspire to hinder the crops and belate them, so that it is likely they will he late by five weeks at least.
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The seed being different from usual and the planting late, besides the delays from first drouth and then excessive rain, all conspire to hinder the crops and belate them, so that it is likely they will he late by five weeks at least.
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The seed being different from usual and the planting late, besides the delays from first drouth and then excessive rain, all conspire to hinder the crops and belate them, so that it is likely they will he late by five weeks at least.
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