overlate
English
Etymology
over- + late
Adjective
overlate (comparative more overlate, superlative most overlate)
- Too late; exceedingly late.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overlate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- elevator
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
over- + late, possibly from German überlassen
Verb
overlate (imperative overlat, present tense overlater, passive overlates, simple past overlot, past participle overlatt, present participle overlatende)
- to leave (something (til / to) someone), entrust to, hand over to
References
- “overlate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.