Definition of after

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After (prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.

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Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven..
Cabbage :: Cabbage (v. i.) To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer..
Laically :: Laically (adv.) As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically..
Confess :: Confess (v. t.) To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment..
Tendril :: Tendril (a.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally..
Thereafter :: Thereafter (adv.) According to that; accordingly.
H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch
Apparition :: Apparition (n.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..
Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf..
Unfret :: Unfret (v. t.) To smooth after being fretted.
Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life..
Skeg :: Skeg (n.) The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached..
Acrostically :: Acrostically (adv.) After the manner of an acrostic.
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) The heel of a rudder.
Paraphimosis :: Paraphimosis (n.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again..
Cinque Ports :: Cinque Ports () Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places..
Course :: Course (v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer..
Salicylite :: Salicylite (n.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
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