Algate

Algate

Al"gate\, Algates \Al"gates\, adv. [All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate.]

1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.]

Ulna now he algates must forego. --Spenser.

Note: Still used in the north of England in the sense of "everywhere."

2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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