different between lated vs gated

English

Etymology

late +? -ed

Adjective

lated (comparative more lated, superlative most lated)

1. (obsolete) Belated; too late; delayed, overtaken by night.
   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 3,^[1]

     Now spurs the lated traveller apace

     To gain the timely inn […]

   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene 11,^[2]

     I am so lated in the world, that I

     Have lost my way for ever:

   • 1697, John Dryden (translator), The Works of Virgil Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis, London: Jacob Tonson, The Seventh Pastoral, p. 33,^[3]

     Come when my lated Sheep, at night return;

     And crown the silent Hours, and stop the rosy Morn.

   • 1812, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, London: John Murray, 3rd edition, Canto 1, Stanza 72, p. 44,^[4]

     Long ere the first loud trumpet’s note is heard,

     Ne vacant space for lated wight is found:

Anagrams

• Adlet, DELTA, Delta, adlet, atled, dalet, dealt, delta, taled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?t?d/
• Homophone: gaited

Verb

gated

1. simple past tense and past participle of gate

Adjective

gated (not comparable)

1. Capable of being switched on and off (normally by means of a signal).
2. Have a gate or other restricted access.

Anagrams

• detag, tadge