Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LATE, adv.

1. After the usual time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late.
2. After the proper or usual season. This year the fruits ripen late.
3. Not long ago; lately. And round them throng / With leaps and hounds the late imprisoned young. – Pope.
4. Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie a-bed late; to sit up late at night. Of late, lately, in time not long past, or near the present. The practice is of late uncommon. Too late, after the proper time; not in due time. We arrived too late to see the procession.