{ Al″gate (�), Al″gates (�), } adv. [All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate.] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere.
Ulna now he algates must forego.
Spenser.
☞ Still used in the north of England in the sense of “everywhere.”
2. By any or means; at all events. Fairfax.
3. Notwithstanding; yet. Chaucer.