Definition of after

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After (a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway..

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Lest :: Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
Brumaire :: Brumaire (n.) The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire.
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. i.) To follow after.
Domino :: Domino (n.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played.
Alhambresque :: Alhambresque (a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture..
Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta..
Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves..
Convertend :: Convertend (n.) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic)..
After-dinner :: After-dinner (n.) The time just after dinner.
Undermeal :: Undermeal (n.) Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta..
Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (a.) Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
When :: When (adv.) At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /..
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body..
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter..
Thirteenth :: Thirteenth (n.) The next in order after the twelfth.
Wafter :: Wafter (n.) A boat for passage.
Recrudescency :: Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Anacreontic :: Anacreontic (a.) Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial..
Aftergame :: Aftergame (n.) A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient..
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