Definition of after

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

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Nineteenth :: Nineteenth (a.) Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.
Refreshment :: Refreshment (n.) The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression..
Wish :: Wish (v. t.) To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
After :: After (prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause..
Trail :: Trail (v. i.) To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
Eighteenth :: Eighteenth (a.) Next in order after the seventeenth.
Inhiation :: Inhiation (n.) A gaping after; eager desire; craving.
Smack :: Smack (n.) To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth..
Thaumatrope :: Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.
Urn :: Urn (n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn..
Telescope :: Telescope (a.) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another..
Thence :: Thence (adv.) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
Tag :: Tag (v. i.) To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person..
Afterings :: Afterings (n. pl.) The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
Seventeenth :: Seventeenth (n.) The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
Hellenic :: Hellenic (n.) The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander..
Pant :: Pant (v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp..
After Damp :: After damp () An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid..
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