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'AFTER, a. [The comparative degree of aft. But is some Teutonic dialects it is written with g.]
1. In marine language, more aft, or towards the stern of the ship; as, the after sails; after hatchway.
2. In common language, later in time; as, an after period of life.
In this sense, the word is often combined with the following noun; as in afternoon.
'AFTER, prep.
1. Behind in place; as, men placed in a line one after another.
2. Later in time; as, after supper. This word often precedes a sentence, as a governing preposition.
After I have arisen, I will go before you into Galilee. Math. 26.
3. In pursuit of, that is, moving behind, following; in search of.
After whom is the king of Israel come out? 1 Sam 24.
Ye shall not go after other Gods. Deu 6.
4. In imitation of; as, to make a thing after a model.
5. According to; as, consider a thing after its intrinsic value.
6. According to the direction and influence of.
To walk after the flesh; to live after the flesh. Rom 8.
To judge after the sight of the eye. Isa 11.
To inquire after is to seek by asking; to ask concerning.
To follow after, in scripture, is to pursue, or imitate; to serve, or worship.
AFTER, adv. Posterior; later in time; as, it was about the space of three hours after. In this sense, the word, however, is really a preposition, the object being understood; about three hours after the time or fact before specified.
After is prefixed to many words, forming compounds, but retaining its genuine signification. Some of the following words are of this kind, but in some of them after seems rather to be a separate word.
after appears in definitions for these words:
A-posteriori Abaft Abate Abatement Abelians Abelites Abelonians Ability Abuse Accessory Accuse Act Admit Adoption Advancement Advent Afresh After After-ages After-clap After-cost After-endeavor After-guard After-life After-piece After-swarm After-thought After-tossing After-wise After-wrath Against Agape Agitation Agog Aid Akin Alcohol Allayment Altar Although Ambition Ambitiously Amen Amerce Analepsis Analeptic Antanaclasis Anticipation Apollinarian Apophthegm Apostatical Apotome Appeal Appraise Apprehension Apprenticeship Archon Areopagus Armoric Arnoldist Arrearage Arrest As Ascension-day Ashes Ask Aspirant Aspiration Aspire Assizes Atonement Atramentous Attaint Attend Attentates Attorney Attribute Augean Augur August Aulic Babbling Backboard Backwards Baptistery Bar Basilic Bastard Bayonet Bead-proof Beatific Beatification Becoming Becomingly Bed Bedlam Bee Before Behind Bench Benediction Benefice Betle Betray Beware Biestings Bigamy Bilander Bister Bittern Blanching Blanket Blomary Blow Bossage Brake Brand Break Bride Brief Bucaneer Bull-fight Burglary But Butter-milk By C Cabbage Calk Calx Canon Canonical Canonization Capias Caracol Cartoon Caryatides Caustic Celestins Centesimal Century Certify Chamberlain Champagne Chance-medley Chaperon Chaplet Charnel-house Chase Chastity Cherry Chrisom Church Churching Chyme Cicatrice Cider Ciderkin Cinder Circle Clause Clear Clergy Cockpit Coin Colcothar College-like Collegiate Colon Colophony Columbium Combat Come Comet Comfort Comfortable Command Commence Complainer Complement Complicate Complin Compose Concision Conclusion Concupiscence Condole Confessor Conge Congratulate Congress Conquer Consequence Constable Consubstantiation Contemplator Contend Contestation Context Continuance Convalescence Convalescency Convalescent Converse Copy Corn Corpulent Cosinage Could Countermark Cradle Cream Crow Crystallite Cupping-glass Curious Currency Currier Curry Dam Danegelt Dangle Day Deal Deanery Deciduous Delight Demi-gorge Demon Depth Desire Dessert Deuterogamy Difference Dine Diploma Disagree Discontinuance Disespouse Disespoused Disespousing Dissipate Do Dogdraw Dower Draw Drone Drops Eadish Eagle Earl Ecstasy Eft Eftsoons Eighteenth Eighth Elastic Elasticity Elephantiasis Elutriation Elysium Ember Emblement Embryo Emerge Emersion Emulgent Endeavor Ensue Epilogue Epiphany Epode Escuage Evening Everlasting Ewry Example Excrement Execution Exigent Exode Expectance Expository Extravagants Extravasation Extremity Eye F Faeces Faints Fall Fallow Fashion Feel Fermentation Fetus Fifteenth File Fishroom Fit Flesh Flickering Floscular Fly Focus Fog Folkmote Follow Follower Following For Force Forecastle Foretell Form Former Fortieth Fourteenth Fourth Fragrant Freight Friend Frippery Frit Frustum Future Galeeto Gammut Gant Gape Gather Geomancy Germination Gild Give Glad Glean Gleaned Gleaner Gleaning Glorification Glory Gnatworm Good Gore Gourdiness Grace Grace-cup Grains Granary Guara Gunroom Halcyon 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Re-exported Reach Reaggravation Rear Reassert Rebutter Receive Reckon Recomposed Recomposing Reconcile Reconciliation Reconciling Recover Recreate Recreating Recreation Recreative Redeem Redisseizor Refect Refection Refit Refitting Refresh Refreshing Refreshment Refugee Regard Rejoin Reland Relapse Relic Relief Relish Remain Remainder Remainder-man Remaining Remains Remembrance Remitter Remnant Renew Renovate Renovation Repair Reparation Repeople Repose Reprieve Request Research Residual Residuary Residue Residuum Resold Resolve Response Rest Restant Restoration Restore Resulting Resume Resumed Resuming Retirade Return Reunion Reunite Reversion Reversionary Reversioner Revert Revest Revise Revive Rinse Riptowell Rise Roughings Roundhouse Rowen Rumination Run Sack Sacramentally Samaritan Sandstone Say Scandal Scape-goat Scar Scatter School Sciatherically Scoffer Scutage Seal Seapoy Search Second Secondary Secundine Seeing Seek Semifloret Serge Serve Settle Settlement Seventeenth Seventh 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