Definition of "alate"

alate¹

/ˈeɪˌleɪt/

adjective
comparative more alate, superlative most alate
1. (entomology, botany) Having winglike extensions or parts; winged.
  Quotations
  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.
  2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 113
noun
plural alates
1. A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.

alate²

adverb
not comparable
1. (archaic) recently; lately; of late.
  Quotations
  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 deſertes.
  1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, folio 5, recto