Definition of after

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After (prep.) According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind..

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Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..
Developer :: Developer (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible..
Postexistent :: Postexistent (a.) Existing or living after.
Botanize :: Botanize (v. i.) To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.
Opetide :: Opetide (n.) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock.
Testament :: Testament (n.) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death..
Anchoretical :: Anchoretical (a.) Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
Remainder-man :: Remainder-man (n.) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3..
Replenish :: Replenish (v. t.) To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Annat :: Annat (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease..
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Peak :: Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..
Waahoo :: Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
C :: C () C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written /..
File :: File (v. i.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off..
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) The heel of a rudder.
After-dinner :: After-dinner (n.) The time just after dinner.
Kettledrum :: Kettledrum (n.) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5..
Late :: Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early..
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