Definition of after

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After (prep.) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness..

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Paradise :: Paradise (n.) The abode of sanctified souls after death.
Cradling :: Cradling (n.) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped..
Crumple :: Crumple (v. i.) To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple..
Posthumous :: Posthumous (a.) Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation..
Rochelime :: Rochelime (n.) Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime.
Supervention :: Supervenient (a.) Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
Abelonian :: Abelonian (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel..
Viability :: Viability (n.) The capacity of living after birth.
Fifth :: Fifth (a.) Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
Lacteously :: Lacteously (adv.) In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.
Peterman :: Peterman (n.) A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
Twelfth :: Twelfth (a.) Next in order after the eleventh; coming after eleven others; -- the ordinal of twelve.
Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
Cadgy :: Cadgy (a.) Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton..
Synagogue :: Synagogue (n.) The council of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes, though erroneously, the Sanhedrin..
Recreate :: Recreate (v. t.) To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer..
Widmanstatten Figures :: Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite..
Female :: Female (n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
Muff :: Muff (n.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
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