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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Analyzer :: Analyzer (n.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties..
Allomorph :: Allomorph (n.) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
Twentieth :: Twentieth (a.) Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
Spit Curl :: Spitchcocked (a.) Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.
After :: After (adv.) Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after..
Questionary :: Questionary (n.) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) The heel of a rudder.
Round :: Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle..
Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady..
Aftercast :: Aftercast (n.) A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late..
Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them..
Stethal :: Stet (v. t.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote..
Succession :: Succession (n.) The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters..
Mercurify :: Mercurify (v. t.) To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed..
Writer :: Writer (n.) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor..
Hostler :: Hostler (n.) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
Postexist :: Postexist (v. i.) To exist after; to live subsequently.
Aftergrowth :: Aftergrowth (n.) A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development..
Methylate :: Methylate (n.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa..
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