Definition of after

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

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Tret :: Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted..
Digamous :: Digamous (a.) Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband..
Stump :: Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom..
Exode :: Exode (n.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty..
Rafter :: Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber..
Gleaning :: Gleaning (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
Forge :: Forge (v. t.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead..
Aphakia :: Aphakia (n.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses..
Lacteously :: Lacteously (adv.) In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.
Sunk :: Sunglow (n.) A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.
Epitaph :: Epitaph (v. i.) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
As :: As (n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce..
Scapegoat :: Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness..
Analepsy :: Analepsy () Recovery of strength after sickness.
Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.
Tap :: Tap (n.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo..
Portal :: Portal (a.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery..
Twentieth :: Twentieth (a.) Next in order after the nineteenth; tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen others; -- the ordinal of twenty.
Sixtieth :: Sixtieth (a.) Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
Apostate :: Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession..
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