APage 108
- English Word After Definition Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
- English Word After Definition Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
- English Word After Definition Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
- English Word After Definition Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
- English Word After Definition Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
- English Word After Definition In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
- English Word After Definition According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
- English Word After Definition According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
- English Word After Definition Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
- English Word After damp Definition An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
- English Word After-dinner Definition The time just after dinner.
- English Word After-dinner Definition Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
- English Word After-eatage Definition Aftergrass.
- English Word After-glow Definition A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
- English Word After-image Definition The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
- English Word After-mentioned Definition Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).
- English Word After-note Definition One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
- English Word After-sails Definition The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
- English Word After-wit Definition Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.
- English Word After-witted Definition Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
- English Word Afterbirth Definition The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
- English Word Aftercast Definition A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.
- English Word Afterclap Definition An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
- English Word Aftercrop Definition A second crop or harvest in the same year.
- English Word Aftereye Definition To look after.
- English Word Aftergame Definition A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.
- English Word Aftergrass Definition The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
- English Word Aftergrowth Definition A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.
- English Word Afterguard Definition The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.
- English Word Afterings Definition The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.