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▪ I. later, a. and adv.|ˈleɪtə(r)|
Also 6 Sc. laitter.
[f. late a.1 + -er3. (The OE. comparative lator is represented by latter a.; the modern word is a new formation.)]
A. adj. More late; coming at a longer interval after the usual or proper time; further advanced in a period; more recent.
1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 119, I have folowed Ptolomæus in certaine pointes..In th' other, I have used later writers travelles. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 5 The laitter historiographors. 1632Milton Penseroso 101 Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the Buskind stage. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 75 This seems to be of later date than that of Canorein. 1784Cowper Tiroc. 110 In early days the conscience has in most A quickness, which in later life is lost. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 8 The strange and sinister method of assault upon religion which we of a later day watch with wondering eyes. 1878R. H. Hutton Scott ii. 19 The later border songs of his own country.
B. adv. At a later time or period; subsequently. later on: subsequently. Also (U.S. slang) used as a farewell, representing I'll see you later.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. ii. 1–2 Christe is no where knowen later or with more difficultie, than in..princes courtes. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 393 The Tide and Ebbe coming sooner or later. 1667Milton P.L. x. 613 To destroy, or unimmortal make All kinds, and for destruction to mature Sooner or later. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iv. I. 518 Three days later the King informed the House that [etc.]. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. vii. 127 A foretaste of what was to come fifteen years later. 1882Times 12 July 5 The Admiral ran up the signal..and later on sent the Bittern and Beacon to assist in the work. 1954Time 8 Nov. 42 Later, catchall word for ‘I'll be seeing you’; also used at the end of letters. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz x. 346 Later, parting phrase, short for ‘I'll see you later’. 1972J. Maryland in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 214 The players all started heading for the door, stating, ‘Peace,’ ‘Later,’ ‘Hat Time,’ ‘I'm in the wind,’ etc.
Comb.1823J. Baillie Collect. Poems 273 Leave we the clouds of ancient story, For scenes of later-parted glory.
Add:b. Of creative artists or their work: = *late a.1 4 c.
1885Manch. Examiner 22 July 3/2 The inventive grotesquerie of his [sc. Gustave Doré's] later work. 1918Cornh. Mag. June 562 From Carlyle's later works chapter and verse for the whole doctrine of force could warrantably be quoted. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 175 This lack of rapport between the tune and harmony is particularly noticeable in some of the later works of Bartók. 1958Listener 28 Aug. 310/3 His paintings are at present too close to the later Picasso to be taken quite seriously. 1991P. Otto (title) Constructive vision and visionary deconstruction. Los, eternity, and the productions of time in the later poetry of William Blake.
▪ II. later
obs. form of latter a. |